Sir James Laurence Cotter, 5th Baronet facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sir James Cotter5th Baronet of Rockforest |
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Predecessor | Sir James Cotter, 4th Baronet of Rockforest |
Successor | Sir Delaval Cotter, 6th Baronet of Rockforest |
Born | 1887 |
Died | 1924 |
Spouse(s) | Ethel Lucy Wheeler Griselda Winifred Wenyon |
Issue
Violet Rosa Sonia Cotter
Sir Delaval James Alfred Cotter, 6th Baronet Laurence Stopford Llewellyn Cotter |
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Occupation | Army High Sheriff of County Cork |
Sir James Laurence Cotter, 5th Baronet of Rockforest (1887–1924) was an Anglo-Irish officer, High Sheriff of County Cork, and Baronet.
Cotter was the first son of James Lombard Cotter (the second son of the fourth Baronet) and grandson of the third Baronet.
He succeeded his grandfather, the fourth Baronet, in 1902. He was a captain in the Royal Artillery and a Brig-Major in the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry and in 1914 was appointed to the office of High Sheriff of County Cork.
He married, firstly, Ethel Lucy Wheeler the daughter of Alfred Wheeler, and had issue Violet Rosa Sonia Cotter, Sir Delaval Cotter, and Laurence Stopford Llewellyn Cotter who was killed in action in Sicily in 1943 at age 30. And secondly, Griselda Winifred Wenyon, daughter of Edwin James Wenyon.
Upon his death, Cotter was succeeded by his first son Sir Delaval Cotter, the 6th Baronet