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Colonel Henry Luttrell (c. 1655 – 22 October 1717) was an Irish soldier known for his service in the Jacobite cause. A career soldier, Luttrell served James II in England until his overthrow in 1688. In Ireland he continued to fight for James, reaching the rank of General in the Irish Army.
3 de may. de 2024 · Henry Luttrell (born c. 1765—died Dec. 19, 1851, London, Eng.) was an English poet of light verse and a London society wit. Luttrell was an illegitimate son of Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd earl of Carhampton, who in 1798 used his influence in securing his son a seat in the Irish Parliament and a post in the Irish government, which the ...
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Luttrell, Henry. Luttrell, Henry ( c. 1655–1717), Jacobite soldier, was born in Luttrellstown, Co. Dublin, second among four sons of Thomas Luttrell and his wife Barbara, daughter of Henry Segrave (qv). Thomas's estate was confiscated by Cromwell (qv) and bestowed upon Col. John Hewson, the ‘one-eyed cobbler’, Cromwellian governor of Dublin.
Henry' Luttrell then became involved in supplying soldiers to fight abroad for the Venetian Republic and was later a major-general in the Dutch army. The fact that he prevented his sister-in-law, Simon's widow, from gaining her rightful inheritance, together with his notorious debauchery, caused him to be universally detested.
Henry Luttrell may refer to: Henry Luttrell (Jacobite commander) (c. 1655 –1717), Jacobite commander in Ireland who joined the Williamites after Limerick; Henry Fownes Luttrell (died 1780) (c. 1722 –1780) of Dunster Castle, High Sheriff of Somerset 1754–55, Member of Parliament (MP) for Minehead 1768–74
He was so hated that he sold Luttrellstown Castle in 1800, but in a revenge attack, the grave of his grandfather Colonel Henry Luttrell (died 1717) was opened and the skull smashed. His 'popularity' in Ireland is encapsulated by an incident in which the Dublin Post of 2 May 1811 reported his death.
Colonel Henry Luttrell - Irish Biography. Alfred Webb. A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. Luttrell, Henry, Colonel, younger brother of preceding, born about 1655, also commanded a regiment of horse in James's army, and also formed one of the deputation to James II. at St. Germain's, to seek Tirconnell's removal.
