George Sackville Cotter

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• Occupation: clerk in Commerce Bank, Kingston, Ontario

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George Cotter was a Colonel in the Royal Madras Artillery and served in the Indian campaign. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Some details of his career:

Lieutenant - 1832
Captain - 1842
Major - 1842
Lt. Colonel - 1858
Colonel - 1861
Retired full pension

He served in the Indian Mutiny Campaign in Bengal from June 1857 to September 1858. He was ordered to Allahabad but was detained in Benares in consequence of the mutiny at that station from July to September. He was employed in a command in the Palamov district in November and December. He joined the Jounpore Field Force and was present of the taking of Nusrutpore and Chanda, actions of Umeepore and Sultanpore, also the attack on the fort of Dowrara. He commanded the Madras Artillery at the siege of Lucknow. Afterwards, he was present at the relief of Azimghur, the taking of Jugdespore and several minor actions in command of the Artillery.

He was thanked by the Governor General of India. He was five times mentioned in dispatches and received the C.B. Medal with clasp. He, probably, received the C.B. (The Companion of the Order of the Bath) in about 1861. It is not mentioned in the Army list for 1861 but is in the edition for 1862. His Uncle Colonel George Sackville (1783-1869), probably his namesake, of the 69th Regiment fought in the Peninsular War and in the Battle of Waterloo.

George Sackville Cotter’s Obituary in the London Illustrated News of August 3, 1878, read:
Colonel George Sackville, C.B., Royal (late Madras) Artillery, on June 25, in his
seventieth year. He was the son of the Reverend James Laurence Cotter, LL.D.,
T.C.D., Vicar of Buttevant, County Cork, and he was descended from Sir James
Lombard Cotter, First Baronet of Rockforest in the County of Cork, Ireland. He
received his decoration for services in India in 1857.

George married Agnes Kilgour in 1836. Agnes (daughter of Martin Kilgour and unknown) was born in cir 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Vicar of Buttevant

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James Cotter matriculated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford, on 22 June 1802. He received his B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1809. He received his LL.D. and LL.B. One of James Cotter's marriages occurred 1 Sep 1807.

James married Matilda Sampayo in 1807 in Diocese of Cloyne, Cork, Ireland. Matilda (daughter of Antonio Sampayo and unknown) was born in cir 1785 in Dublin, Ireland; died before 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martin Kilgour was ffrom Musselburgh, Scotland.

Martin + unknown. unknown died in cir 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Education: St. Peter's College, Cambridge, England
• Education: Westminster School, London, England

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From: The Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee; Vol. IV. London: Oxford University Press, 1964.

"Cotter, George Sackville (1755-1831), poet and translator, was the fourth son of Sir James Cotter. He was educated at Westminster School, of which he was captain in 1770, and in 1771 he was elected to St. Peter's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1775 and M.A. in 1779. Having taken holy orders he became vicar of Kilmacdonough, and rector of Kilcreddan-Garrivoe and Ightermorragh, diocese of Cloyne. In 1788 he published two volumes of 'Poems,' dedicated to Lady Shannon, and consisting of a poem in two books, entitled 'Prospects,' and a collection of odes and other fugitive pieces. In 1826 he published a translation of Terence for the use of the schools, in the preface to which he states that when at Westminster School he had been an actor in three of Terence's comedies. In the following year he printed seven of the plays of Plautus, 'translated literally and grammatically, and cleared of objectionable passages.' The later years of his life were spent at Youghal, Cork, and he died in 1831. By his wife, a daughter of Bayly Rogers, physician and banker of Cork, he left, with other issue, four sons."

George Sackville Cotter was named after Lord George Sackville, a friend of his father's, and was known as "a great musician." His translations of the comedies of Plautus was "Plauti Comoediae septem selectae; Anglice redditae, expurgatae." The comedies are Aulularia, Epidicus, Menaechmi, Mercator, Pseudolus, Trinummus, and Rudens. The book was published by J. F. Dove, London, in 1827. The poems dedicated to Lady Shannon were published by William Flynn, Cork, in 1788. The full title is "Poems, consisting of odes, songs, pastorals, satyrs, &c, and a descriptive poem in four books, called Prospects." His translations of the comedies of Terence was "Four Comedies of Terence, translated, and the stage management and mode of acting them set down, as they were acted at Westminster School; and also the other two comedies of Terence, the Heautotimorumenos and the Hecyra..." It was published by Dodges and M'Arthur, Dublin, in 1824. George Cotter also wrote "An Essay on the Best Mode of Extension of Agriculture in Ireland, by the breaking up and cultivating lay or grasslands." It was printed by A. Edwards, Cork, in 1802. It was originally published in "Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 1801." Grorge Cotter is listed in "A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors" by A. Austin Allibone, published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, in 1858, and in "The Poets of Ireland: A Biographical Dictionary" by David J. O'Donoghue, published by the author, London, in 1892-3.

George married Margaret Rogers on 4 Nov 1775 in St. Finbarr's, Cork, Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Bayly Rogers and Martha Pigott) died on 11 Feb 1832 in (probably) Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Antonio Sampayo was a diplomat from the Argentine.

Antonio + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir James Cotter attended Dublin College, and was at the Middleton School in 1729. He was created a Baronet on 30 April 1763. He represented the borough of Askeyton in the Irish Parliament.

James married Arabella Rogerson in 1746. Arabella (daughter of John Rogerson and Elizabeth Ludlow) died on 18 Mar 1793 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bayly Rogers was a doctor. His will was probated in Cork, Ireland, in 1786.

Bayly married Martha Pigott in 1750 in Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland. Martha (daughter of Emanuel Pigott and Judith Warburton) was born in cir 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Cotter was executed for his devotion to the cause of the House of Stuart.

James married Margaret Mathew in Jun 1705. Margaret (daughter of George Mathew and Mary Aldworth) died in 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir John Rogerson was admitted to Caius College, on 22 October 1690, aged 14. He received his B.A. from Dublin University in 1694, and was admitted to the bar at the Middle Temple on 2 June 1690. He was Attorney-General for Ireland (1720-1727), Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Ireland (1727-1741), M.P. for Granard (1713-1714), M.P. for the City of Dublin (1715-1727), and Privy Councillor for Ireland (1727).

John + Elizabeth Ludlow. Elizabeth (daughter of Stephen Ludlow and Alice Lachard) was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph Rogers was a doctor.

Joseph + Margaret Bayly. Margaret (daughter of John Bayly and Anne Tuckey) was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Emanuel Pigott of Chetwynd was a Member of Parliament for the city of Cork, from 1735-1760.

Emanuel + Judith Warburton. Judith (daughter of Richard Warburton and Elizabeth Pigott) was born in cir 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]