Earl of Mountrath

There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Coote family, both in the Baronetage of Ireland. As of 2014 one creation is extant. The holders of the first creation also held the title of Earl of Mountrath between 1660 and 1802.

The Coote Baronetcy, of Castle Cuffe in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 April 1621 for Charles Coote. who had moved to Ireland as a soldier and become an administrator. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, the second Baronet, who was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Coote, of Castle Cuffe in the Queen's County, Viscount Coote, of Castle Coote in the County of Roscommon, and Earl of Mountrath, in the Queen's County, on 6 September 1660. The titles descended from father to son until the death of the first Earl's great-grandson, Charles, the fourth Earl, in 1715. The latter's two brothers, Henry, the fifth Earl, and Algernon, the sixth Earl, both succeeded in the titles. The sixth Earl was succeeded by his son, Charles, the seventh Earl. In 1800 Charles was created Baron Castle Coote, in the County of Roscommon, in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder to his kinsman and namesake Charles Coote.

The earldom, viscountcy and barony of Coote became extinct on the seventh Earl's death in 1802 as he left no legitimate male issue while he was succeeded in the barony of Castle Coote according to the special remainder by the aforementioned Charles Coote, the second Baron (see Baron Castle Coote for further history of this title). The Coote baronetcy was passed on to the late Earl's kinsman, Charles Coote, who became the ninth Baronet. The latter was the great-great-great-grandson of Chidley Coote (died 1668), younger son of Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet, and younger brother of the first Earl of Mountrath (the ninth Baronet was also the first cousin once removed of the second Baron Castle Coote). Two of the ninth Baronet's sons, Charles, the tenth Baronet, and Algernon, the eleventh Baronet, who was Sheriff of Queen's County in 1897, succeeded in the title. As of 2016 the title is held by the Algernon's great-great-great-grandson, the sixteenth Baronet, with the baronetcy having descended from father to son.

The family seat was Ballyfin House, near Mountrath, County Laois.

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