The arms are those of Coote, as borne by Charles, Lord Coote, created Earl of Bellamont in 1767. He was born in 1738 and took an active part in quelling an insurrection in the north of Ireland in 1764, as a reward for which he was made a Knight of the Bath, the insignia of which encloses the coat-of-arms on these salvers. "Lord Bellamont was a somewhat absurd figure, ultrasophisticated and ardently francophile -- he insisted on making his maiden speech in the Irish House of Lords in French-pompous and an inveterate womanizer" (M. Bence-Jones, Burke's Guide to Country Houses, vol.I, Ireland, 1978, p. 37). He married in 1774, Emily, 2nd daughter of James, 1st Duke of Leinster, but it appears that the marriage was not a happy one and in a letter of the Marquess of Buckingham in 1789, the Earl is described as "that madman" and as separated from his wife. "A man of gallantry and high spirits, he fought a duel with the present Marquess Townshend [2 Feb. 1773], in which he was badly wounded. His lordship is possessed of a strong mind, some reading and much observation... as a speaker he is of little consideration; his manner is disgustingly pompous" (Sketches of Irish Political Character, 1799). "One of his 'gallantries' appears to have been the seduction of a respectable tradesman's daughter under cover of a sham marriage, his servant performing the service disguised as a parson" (Complete Peerage). He died in 1800. These salvers would appear to date between 1767, the year of his elevation to an earldom, and 1774, the year of his marriage, after which he would no doubt have wished to impale the Leinster arms with his own.