Edward Bellingham
Sir Edward Bellingham (1506lord deputy of Ireland.
Life
He was a son of Edward Bellingham of
Siege of Boulogne. His most notable achievement was the defence of the Isle of Wight and repulsion of French raiding forces during the attempted French invasion in 1545.[2][3]
After
King Edward VI, and in 1547 took part in some military operations in Ireland, during which time he may have rebuilt Leighlinbridge Castle in County Carlow.[4] In May 1548 he was sent to that country as Lord Deputy. Ireland was then in a very disturbed condition, but the new governor crushed a rebellion of the O'Connors in Leinster, freed the Pale from rebels, built forts, and made the English power respected in Munster and Connaught.[5]
Bellingham, however, was a headstrong man and was constantly quarreling with his council; but one of his opponents admitted that he was the best man of war that ever he had seen in Ireland. His short but successful term of office was ended by his recall in 1549.[5]
There is no evidence of him having married or having fathered children. He died of ill health in 1549.
References
- ^ a b "Selected Families and Individuals". Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "The Last Invasion of the Isle of Wight The Battle of Portsmouth". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Edward Alfred D'Alton (1649). History of Ireland: from the earliest times to the present day, Volume 3. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Patrick Burke (2000). "The Carmelites of Leighlinbridge" (PDF). p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
Attribution:
- Richard Bagwell, Ireland Under the Tudors, vol. i. (1885).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bellingham, Sir Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 699–700.
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