William Southwell (1669 – 23 January 1720)[1] was an Irish politician and British Army officer.
Background[]
He was the third son of Richard Southwell of Castle Matrix, Co. Limerick, and his wife Lady Elizabeth O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin.[2] His older brothers were Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell and Richard Southwell.[3] During the Glorious Revolution of 1689, he and his brother were attainted by the parliament of King James II of England.[4]
Career[]
Southwell entered the British Army under King William III of England in 1693.[5] During the Nine Years' War, he was wounded at the 2nd Siege of Namur in 1695 and was afterwards promoted to captain.[5] In the War of the Spanish Succession, he took part in the Battle of Cádiz and Battle of Vigo Bay as major of the 6th Foot in 1702.[6] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel a year later.[6] Southwell commanded four hundred grenadiers in the 1st Siege of Barcelona in 1705 and was made colonel of the 6th Regiment of Foot the following year.[5] He sold his colonelcy to Thomas Harrison in 1708 and was appointed captain of the Battleaxe Guards in 1714, protecting the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[5]
He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Kinsale in 1703, representing the constituency until 1713.[7] Subsequently, Southwell sat for Castlemartyr until 1715 and then for Baltimore until his death in 1720.[7]
Family[]
In 1709, he married Lucy Bowen, younger daughter of William Bowen,[8] of Ballyadams, Co. Laois, a grandson of Sir William Domville, Attorney General for Ireland. By her he had six sons and nine daughters.[4] His third son, and eventual heir, Bowen was a Member of Parliament for Downpatrick.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. pp. 125. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
- ↑ Burke, John (1863). Bernhard Burke. ed. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. II. London: Harrison. pp. 1738.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ThePeerage - William Southwell". http://thepeerage.com/p5501.htm#i55008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall. ed. The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. VI. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 17–18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3
"Southwell, Thomas (1667-1720)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. P. 304.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cannon, Richard; Arthur Tupper (1836). Historical Records of the British Army. London: William Clowes and Sons. pp. 108.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ↑ Franks, August Wollaston; Edward Gambier (1904). Catalogue of British and American Book Plates. III. London: William Clowes and Sons. pp. 61.
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