Coote baronets of Castle Cuffe (1621)

The Coote baronetcy, of Castle Cuffe in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 April 1621 for Charles Coote, in Ireland as a soldier, knighted in 1616 and Vice President of Connaught in 1620.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, the 2nd Baronet, who took part in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Coote, of Castle Cuffe in the Queen's County, Viscount Coote, of Castle Coote in the County of Roscommon, and Earl of Mountrath, in the Queen's County, on 6 September 1660. The titles descended from father to son until the death of, Charles, the 4th Earl, in 1715. The latter's two brothers, Henry, the 5th Earl, and Algernon, the 6th Earl, both succeeded in the titles. The 6th Earl was succeeded by his son, Charles, the 7th Earl. In 1800, Charles was created Baron Castle Coote, in the County of Roscommon, in the Peerage of Ireland, with special remainder to his kinsman Charles Coote.

The earldom, viscountcy and barony of Coote became extinct on the 7th Earl's death in 1802, leaving no legitimate male issue. He was succeeded in the barony of Castle Coote (according to the special remainder) by Charles Coote, the 2nd Baron: see Baron Castle Coote for further history of this title. The Coote baronetcy was passed on to a kinsman, Charles Henry Coote, who became the 9th Baronet. Two of the 9th Baronet's sons, Charles, the 10th Baronet, and Algernon, the 11th Baronet, who was High Sheriff of Queen's County in 1897, succeeded in the title.

Ballyfin House, near Mountrath, County Laois, built in the 1820s by the 9th Baronet, became the family seat. The title is held as of 2026 by the 16th Baronet.