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     Charles Coote was born on 30 July 1761.¹ He was the son of Charles Henry Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath and Mary Preston.^2,1

     Sir Martin Gilliat was born on 8 February 1913.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Babington Gilliat and Muriel Helen Lycette Milne.² He died on 27 May 1993 at age 80, unmarried.³
     Sir Martin Gilliat was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of officer in the service of the 60th Rifles.² He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1940, and was a POW (1940-45).² He was invested as a Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1946.² He was Deputy Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India between 1947 and 1948.² He was Comptroller to the High Commissioner, South-East Asia in 1948.² He was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1954.² He held the office of Assistant Private Secretary and Equery to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in 1955.² He held the office of Private Secretary to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother between 1956 and 1993.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1962.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Hertfordshire in 1963.² He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in January 1981.²

     Ann Dalrymple-Smith married Michael John Luxmoore, son of Edmund Luxmoore and Diana Jean Coote.¹
     Her married name became Luxmoore.¹

     Alexander Lindsay Macdonald married Elizabeth Jean Luxmoore, daughter of Edmund Luxmoore and Diana Jean Coote, in 1987.¹

     Mary McDonough was the daughter of William McDonough.¹ She married Reverend Denis Ivor Coote, son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, in 1979.¹ She died in 1996.¹
     From 1979, her married name became Coote.¹

     
     William McDonough lived at Newcastle, England.¹

     Gerard Harford married Caragh Mary Coote, daughter of Reverend Denis Ivor Coote and Olive Sheelagh Bischoff, in 1984.¹ He and Caragh Mary Coote were divorced in 2001.¹

     Joan May Stevenson is the daughter of W. W. G. Stevenson.¹ She married Michael Henry Coote, son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, in 1987.¹
     From 1987, her married name became Coote.¹ She lived in 2003 at 13 Laurelton, Bushy Park Road, Rathgar, County Dublin, Ireland.¹