Robert Coote (Royal Navy officer)
Robert Coote | |
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Born |
1 June 1820 Geneva, Switzerland |
Died |
17 March 1898 (aged 77) Dulwich, London |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1833–1885 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Volcano HMS Victory HMS Gibraltar HMS Arethusa Queenstown China Station |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Robert Coote CB (1 June 1820 – 17 March 1898) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.
Background
Coote was a younger son of Sir Charles Coote, 9th Baronet (see Coote baronets), by Caroline Whaley, daughter of John Whaley, of Whaley Abbey, County Wicklow.[1]
Naval career
Educated at Eton College,[2] Coote joined the Royal Navy in 1833[3] and served on the coast of Syria in 1840.[2] He was made Commander of the HMS Volcano in 1851 while serving in the West Africa Squadron.[3] Promoted to Captain in 1854, he commanded HMS Victory from 1860, HMS Gibraltar from 1864 and HMS Arethusa from 1867.[3] He became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in 1874[2] and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1878.[3] He retired in 1885.[2]
He is buried in Woking Cemetery.[2] There is a memorial to him in St Catherine's Church in Tullamore in County Offaly.[4]
Family
Coote married Lucy Parry, daughter of the Arctic explorer Admiral Sir William Parry, in 1854. They had one son, Stanley Victor Coote, High Sheriff of Roscommon in 1900, and a daughter, Caroline Maud Coote, who married Major-General Cecil William Park. Coote died in March 1898, aged 77. His wife died in February 1906.[1]
References
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Edmund Heathcote |
Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown 1874–1876 |
Succeeded by Henry Hillyar |
Preceded by Sir Charles Hillyar |
Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1878–1881 |
Succeeded by Sir George Willes |