What is Eyre Coote (British Army officer)?
{{Infobox person | name = Eyre Coote | image = Sir Eyre Coote (born 1762).jpg | caption = | birth_date = 20 May 1762 | birth_place = | death_date = 10 December 1823 | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = | relatives = | spouse = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Eyre Coote''' (20 May 1762 – 10 December 1823) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] soldier and politician who was born in [[Ireland]]. He was known as [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] Sir Eyre Coote until 1816; [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] 1815 - 1816. ==Background== He was the second son of the [[Very Rev.]] Charles Coote (1713 - 12 February 1776), [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]], [[Dean (Christianity)|Dean]] of [[Kilfenora]]. After studying at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Trinity College Dublin]], Coote bought a commission in the [[34th Regiment of Foot]] - of which his uncle was colonel - in 1774. He was soon sent to North America to fight in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. He fought in the [[Battle of Long Island|Brooklyn]] in August 1776, as well as at [[Battle of Brandywine|Brandywine]], [[Battle of Germantown|Germantown]] and [[Battle of Monmouth|Monmouth Court House]] before finally being taken prisoner at the final [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Battle of Yorktown]] in 1781. Between 1790 and 1798, he represented [[Ballynakill (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ballynakill]] in the [[Irish House of Commons]]. Then he sat for [[Maryborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Maryborough]] until 1800. He served in England and Ireland when they were threatened by French invasion and against the French on the Continent. He went on to serve in [[Holland]], [[Egypt]] and eventually became [[Governor-General]] of [[Jamaica]] (1806–1808) where he possibly sired an ancestor of [[Colin Powell]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2005/Apr05/r042505a |title=Three hundred pounds of history? Priceless |access-date=2011-04-23 |a