Murtagh, Harman

Hamilton, Gustavus (d. c.1691), soldier and governor of Enniskillen, was born probably in Sweden, elder of two sons of Ludovick Hamilton, a mercenary colonel in the Swedish army, and his Swedish wife. His grandfather was …

Hamilton, Gustavus (1642–1723), 1st Viscount Boyne, soldier , was third son of Sir Frederick Hamilton (qv) (c.1590–1647) of Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, who had served in the Swedish army and the wars in Ireland, and his…

Kirke, Percy (1646?–1691), lieutenant-general in William III's (qv) army in Ireland, was one of several children of George Kirke (d. c.1675), gentleman of the robes to Charles I, and probably his second wife, Mary, daughter of…

Petrie, Sir Charles Alexander (1895–1977), 3rd baronet of Carrowcarden , historian, and journalist, was born on 28 September 1895 at New Heys, Sandfield Park, West Derby, Liverpool, England, second of two sons of Sir Charles Petrie (1852–1920), baronet, businessman, leading…

Saint-Ruth (Saint-Ruhe), Charles Chalmont (c.1650–91), marquis of Saint-Ruth , commander of the Irish Jacobite army in 1691, was a French aristocrat of modest means who had made his career as an officer in Louis XIV's army. He commanded a regiment in the 1672 invasion of…

Schomberg (Schönberg), Frederick Herman von (1615–90), 1st duke of Schomberg , soldier of fortune, and commander-in-chief of William III's army in Ireland, was born 6 December 1615 at Heidelberg, Germany, the only son of Hans Meinhard von Schönberg (1582–1616), marshal of the…