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Rev. George Sackville Cotter

Male 1755 - 1831  (76 years)


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  • Name George Sackville Cotter 
    Title Rev. 
    Birth 1755  Belfast, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Education St. Peter's College, Cambridge, England 
    Education Westminster School, London, England 
    Death 3 Apr 1831  Youghal, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Notice of Rev. George Sackville Cotter
    Death Notice of Rev. George Sackville Cotter
    The Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland)
    12 April 1831
    Burial Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 3 brothers 
    Notes 
    • 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.
    Person ID I1275  Bryan-Martin
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2018 

    Father Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest,   b. 1714   d. 9 Jun 1770, Rockforest, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Arabella Rogerson   d. 18 Mar 1793, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1746 
    Family ID F466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Rogers   d. 11 Feb 1832, (probably) Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1775  St. Finbarr's, Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Cotter,   b. cir 1775   d. 16 Dec 1834 (Age ~ 59 years)
     2. Arabella Sackville Cotter,   b. 1782, Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1845, Tabernacle Row, Shoreditch, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. James Laurence Cotter,   b. 1783   d. 24 Sep 1850, Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     4. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 1 Jul 1783, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1869, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     5. Dr. Rogers Cotter,   b. cir 1786, County West Meathe, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1847, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
     6. Margaret Cotter,   b. cir 1787
     7. Louisa Cotter,   b. cir 1789   d. Bef 1865 (Age ~ 75 years)
     8. Joseph Rogerson Cotter,   b. 2 Sep 1790, Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1868, Macroom, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     9. Sophia Cotter,   b. cir 1791
     10. Anne Laurence Cotter,   b. cir 1793   d. 12 Dec 1857 (Age ~ 64 years)
     11. Isabella Cotter,   b. 1795, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1875, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1755 - Belfast, Ulster, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Nov 1775 - St. Finbarr's, Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Apr 1831 - Youghal, County Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents 8 Documents

    Histories
    Cotter Manuscript
    Cotter Manuscript
    Manuscript 711 from the National Library of Ireland
    Relates the history of the Cotter family family over several generations

    Books
    George Sackville Cotter's Translation of Plautus
    George Sackville Cotter's translation of Plautus

    Newspaper Articles
    Married
    Married
    Announcement of the marriage record of George Sackville Cotter and Margaret Rogers from the Finns Leinster Journal, 15 November 1775, Page 2