COOTE, SIR EYRE

COOTE, SIR EYRE
   a general, born in co. Limerick, Ireland; distinguished himself at Plassey; gained victories over the French in India; afterwards routed Hyder Ali at Porto Novo; died at Madras (1726-1783).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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