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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.
Henry Luttrell (born c. 1765—died Dec. 19, 1851, London, Eng.) English poet of light verse and 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 young Luttrell ...
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.
Allí se encontró con una fuerza jacobita de caballería liderada por Henry Luttrell que tenía por misión cubrir el flanco. Sin embargo, en lugar de plantear un contraataque, el comandante ordenó la retirada, que concluyó en desbandada, lo que se ha conocido posteriormente como "el paso de Luttrell".
Henry Luttrell (c. 1655 - 22 de octubre de 1717) fue un soldado irlandés conocido por su servicio en la causa jacobita . Luttrell, soldado de carrera, sirvió a James II en Inglaterra hasta su derrocamiento en 1688. En Irlanda continuó luchando para James, alcanzando el rango de general en el ejército irlandés .
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.
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.
