William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
Irish general and politician (d. 1726) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lieutenant-General William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan KT, PC (c. 1671-1726) was an Irish-born British Army officer. He began his active military service during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. A close associate and confidant of the Duke of Marlborough, he was also a diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the English and British Houses of Commons from 1705 until 1716, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cadogan.
The Earl of Cadogan | |
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Born | 1671 Liscarton, County Meath, Ireland |
Died | 17 July 1726 (aged 54–55) Kensington Gravel Pits, London |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1689–1726 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Unit | 1st Regiment of Foot Guards |
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A strong supporter of the Hanoverian Succession, he took part in the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion and succeeded Marlborough in 1722 as Master-General of the Ordnance and senior army commander.