Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, known as The Lord Coote between 1683–89, was an Irish nobleman and colonial administrator who represented Droitwich in the English Parliament from 1688 to 1695. He was a prominent Williamite, supporting William III and Mary II during the Glorious Revolution.
Engraved portrait of the earl, c. 1888
Howard Pyle's depiction of William Kidd aboard his ship in New York Harbor
Hector de Callière was governor of New France while Bellomont governed New York.
Bellomont's Massachusetts advisor, Elisha Cooke Sr.
Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Droitwich was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of England in 1295, and again from 1554, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP from 1885 until 1918.
Richard Martin
C.B. Harmsworth
Whiteley