James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan

James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1693-1719), was a French-born

Irish descent

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He was the son of

James II. Berwick raised James Sarsfield as his stepson. His half-brother was James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick

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He served at the

Siege of Barcelona in 1714 alongside Berwick, and was wounded in the final assault.^[2] In 1718 he was involved in a Jacobite plan to launch a rebellion and place James on the throne of Britain and Ireland. Sarsfield travelled to Ireland, but a series of military defeats in Scotland and at sea led to the withdrawal of the Jacobite plotters in May 1719. Shortly after arriving at St Omer, on 12 May 1719 he died.^[3]

He was buried in the church of the Holy Sepulchre.

References

^ Wauchope p.296
^ Wauchope p.300
^ Wauchope p.300

Bibliography

Wauchope, Piers. Patrick Sarsfield and the Williamite War. Irish Academic Press, 1992.

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[1] Wauchope p.296

[2] Wauchope p.300

[3] Wauchope p.300

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