Miles de Courcy | |
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Member of the [[Irish House of Commons Parliament]] for Kinsale | |
In office 1689–1689 | |
Preceded by | St. John Broderick Randolph Clayton |
Succeeded by | Edward Southwell Sr. Jonas Stawell |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 1720 |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Jacobite |
Spouse | Elizabeth Sadleir |
Children | Gerald de Courcy |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Ireland (Jacobite) |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Boiseleau's Regiment of Foot |
Miles de Courcy (died c.1720) was an Irish Jacobite politician.
De Courcy was the son of Patrick de Courcy,13th Baron Kingsale and Mary FitzGerald. A burgess of Kinsale from 1687,in 1689 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kinsale in the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England. [1] During the Williamite War in Ireland,he was a captain in Boiseleau's Regiment of Foot. [2] De Courcy was subsequently attainted,but he was restored to his estates under the Articles of Limerick.
He married Elizabeth Sadleir;their son,Gerald,inherited the title of his cousin,Almeric de Courcy,23rd Baron Kingsale,in 1720. [3]