| Sir James Cotter 1st Baronet of Rockforest | |
| Birth Date: | 1714 |
| Death Date: | 1770 |
| Residence: | Rockforest, Mallow |
| Spouse: | Arabella Rogerson |
| Issue: | Rogerson Cotter Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet Edmund Cotter Reverend George Sackville Cotter |
| Parents: | James Cotter the Younger Margaret Mathew of Thurles |
| Occupation: | Member of Parliament for Askeaton |
Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet of Rockforest (1714 – 9 June 1770) was an Irish politician and baronet.
Cotter was born into the Norse-Gaelic Cotter family, the son of James Cotter the Younger (1689–1720), a leading Roman Catholic and Jacobite in County Cork, by his marriage to Margaret Mathew.[1] After his father's death, he was brought up by guardians as a Protestant and educated at Midleton College, a Church of Ireland boarding school in County Cork [2] [3] and Trinity College Dublin.
Cotter served as a Member of Parliament for Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons between 1761 and 1768.[1] On 11 August 1763 he was created a baronet, of Rockforest in the County of Cork, in the Baronetage of Ireland.[4]
In 1746 Cotter married Arabella Rogerson, daughter of Sir John Rogerson, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and Elizabeth Ludlow. Arabella was the widow of William Casaubon.[1] Together they had four children.[5]