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Richard Ingoldsby (British Army officer, died 1712)

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382:, he had one son, Henry, who also served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers and as MP for Limerick City. He wasted most of his father's fortune on high living in London, and after his death, his heirs were forced to sell Carton back to the Earl of Kildare in 1738. 339:, being by then incapacitated from active service after being seriously wounded. He combined military and political offices: he was commander of the Irish forces Comptroller of the Ordinance and Master of the Horse, and also sat in the 607: 252:
Richard was commissioned as an army officer before 1670, but little more is heard of him until 1689. Given his family's republican background, and his family connection to Oliver Cromwell, it was natural that he should welcome the
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1709–10; a letter from Marlborough makes clear that this appointment was his doing, a sign of his personal regard for Ingoldsby. He became rich enough to buy
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Buried on 9 February 1712 on the north side of the altar- the Registers of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
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He was the son of Colonel Sir George Ingoldsby, a soldier who came to Ireland with his cousin
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Ingoldsby died in January 1712 and was buried after an impressive State funeral in
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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies
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in politics, as was the rest of the Dublin government at the time. He was an
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for the expedition against France. In 1693 he was appointed colonel of the
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Walsh, Patrick A.; Beaumont, David "Ingoldsby, Richard"
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Richard Ingoldsby (died 1712)
Richard Ingoldsby (disambiguation)
Mary Street, Dublin
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Kingdom of Great Britain
British Army
Lieutenant-General
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
Nine Years' War
Raid on Newry
Siege of Namur
War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Schellenberg
Battle of Blenheim
Siege of Ath
Anglo-Irish
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Ireland
Oliver Cromwell
Corbally, County Limerick
Sir Richard Ingoldsby
Lenborough
Buckinghamshire
Oliver Cromwell
Richard Ingoldsby
regicide
Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet
County Limerick
Restoration

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