Roger McElligott

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Colonel Roger McElligott (died after 1714) was an Irish Jacobite soldier and politician.

Biography

McElligott raised a regiment in County Kerry for James II of England, which was located at Hampton Court in 1688. That year McElligott and his regiment returned to Ireland. Following the Glorious Revolution, McElligott was the Member of Parliament for Ardfert in the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James in 1689. [1] In 1690 he was appointed Governor of Cork, in which capacity he surrendered the city to Williamite forces following the Siege of Cork. [2]

McElligott was taken prisoner and imprisoned in the Tower of London until June 1697, when he was released. He travelled immediately to France, where he became colonel of the Regiment of Clancarty in the Irish Brigade. The regiment was present at the Siege of Barcelona in 1713–14. It is unknown when or where McElligott died, although he likely remained in French service for the rest of his life. [3]

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References

  1. O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. McELLICOTT (McELLIGOTT), Roger. Officers of the Jacobite Armies. Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. McElligott, Maurice G. (March 1914). "Some Kerry Wild Geese". Kerry Archaeological Magazine. 2 (12): 214–5. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Amory
John Carricke
Member of Parliament for Ardfert
1689
With: Cornelius MacGillicuddy
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Governor of Cork
1690
Succeeded by
Colonel Hales
Colonel Hastings