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Born April 29, 1665 • Dublin • Ireland
Died November 16, 1745 (aged 80) • Avignon • France
Political Affiliation Tory Party
House / Dynasty earls and dukes of Ormonde
Role In War of the Spanish Succession
James Butler, 1st duke of Ormonde
James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde
Irish noble
Clare, John FitzGibbon, 1st earl of
John FitzGibbon, 1st earl of Clare
Irish politician
Thomas Francis Meagher
Thomas Francis Meagher
United States military officer
Ulick Burke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard
Irish noble
Patrick Sarsfield
Irish Jacobite
Owen Roe O’Neill
Irish rebel commander
Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell
Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell
Irish Jacobite
Curran, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Philpot Curran
Irish statesman
O'Neill, Hugh
Hugh O’Neill
Irish general
O'Duffy, Eoin
Eoin O’Duffy
Irish military leader
Sir Phelim O’Neill
Irish rebel
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Charles I
Charles I
king of Great Britain and Ireland
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
William III
William III
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Charles II, 19th-century engraving by William Holl.
Charles II
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Irish statesman
John Closterman: portrait of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
English general
French, John, 1st earl of Ypres
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, detail of an oil painting attributed to J. van Diest, c. 1718; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
British statesman