Sir James Cotter, 3rd Baronet

Sir James Laurence Cotter, 3rd Baronet of Rockforest (1782 – 31 December 1834) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet.

Cotter of Rockforest
Arms: Quarterly, 1st & 4th, argent a chevron gules between three serpents proper, Cotter; 2nd and 3rd, azure, a fesse between a fleur-de-lis in chief and a mullet in base or, Rogerson. Crest:-A dexter arm embowed, armed and grasping a dart, all proper.
Creation date11 August 1763
Created byKing George III
BaronetageBaronatage of Ireland
Former seat(s)Anngrove
Rockforest
MottoDUM SPIRO SPERO
(While I breath I hope.)

Cotter was the son of Sir James Cotter, 2nd Baronet and Isabella Hingston, and the grandson of Sir James Cotter.[1] In the 1812 United Kingdom general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mallow, and he held the seat until 1818. On 9 February 1829, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.

He married Helena Tryndall Lombard, daughter of Major James Lombard and Ann Becher, on 1 January 1820.[2] Cotter was succeeded by his son, also called James, the 4th Baronet.

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References
  1. John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1 (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832), p.292
  2. John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 1 (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832), p.292
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