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Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, I st earl of
Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, I st earl of (1630–91), Catholic leader. The youngest son of a Co. Meath Old English family, Talbot fought with the Catholic and royalist forces in the Confederate War, narrowly escaping death at Drogheda, then served with the future James II in the French and Spanish armies. Following the Restoration he emerged as the leading Irish Catholic spokesman at court. A rake and duellist, he was noted for his violent tongue but proved himself a shrewd and subtle political manipulator. After James's accession Talbot, now earl of Tyrconnell, steadily increased his power, undermining more moderate rivals like the earl of Clarendon, lord lieutenant 1685–6, and eventually securing James's agreement not just to the creation of an almost wholly Catholic army and civil administration, but also to preparations for a parliament that would revise the Restoration land settlement.
After the revolution of 1688 Tyrconnell apparently considered making terms with William III, before deciding to hold Ireland for James. His advocacy of a negotiated surrender following the battle of the Boyne brought him into conflict with the war party headed by Sarsfield. With most native Irish among the militants, the conflict was exacerbated by Tyrconnell's narrowly Old English sympathies. After the battle of Aughrim, by contrast, Tyrconnell favoured continued resistance, but died on 14 August 1691. His wife Frances Jennings (d. 1731) was outlawed in 1693 as a dangerous papist in her own right, but a private act in 1702, obtained through her sister Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, secured her jointure from the forfeited estate. |
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"Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, I st earl of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, I st earl of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-TyrconnellRichrdTlbtstrlf.html "Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, I st earl of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-TyrconnellRichrdTlbtstrlf.html |
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Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl
Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl (I) (1630–91). Talbot, a younger son from Co. Kildare, fought for the king in the 1640s and escaped from the destruction of Drogheda in 1649. In the 1650s he was appointed a groom of the bedchamber to the duke of York in exile and for the rest of his life his fortunes followed his patron's. He fought alongside the duke at the naval battles off Lowestoft in 1665 and at Sole Bay (Southwold) in 1672 and, though a catholic, was made colonel of a regiment of horse. As soon as the duke became James II, Talbot was created earl and in 1686 appointed lieutenant-general of the army in Ireland. In 1687 he succeeded Clarendon as lord-lieutenant and began consolidating the catholic position. Tyrconnel was the ‘new deputy’ whom ‘brother Teague’ welcomed in ‘Lillibullero’. After the Glorious Revolution he was made a jacobite duke, fought at the Boyne, carried on the rearguard action, and died in Limerick just before it was forced to capitulate. A brave and well-built soldier, running to corpulence in age, Tyrconnel was regarded by most as hot-headed and lacking in judgement. Macaulay dismissed him as a drunken swaggerer.
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JOHN CANNON. "Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-TyrconnelRichardTlbt1strl.html JOHN CANNON. "Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-TyrconnelRichardTlbt1strl.html |
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Talbot, Richard
Talbot, Richard (d. 1449), archbishop of Dublin 1418–49. Younger brother of John Talbot and previously dean of Chichester, Richard Talbot was more prominent in royal government in Ireland than any other late medieval archbishop of Dublin. He served three deputy lieutenancies (1419–20, 1435–7, 1447–8), five justiciarships (1420, 1422–3, 1430–1, 1437–8, 1445–6), and was twice chancellor (1423–6, 1427–31). A protagonist in the Talbot–Ormond feud, he is best known for the charges of misgovernment he made in England against James, 4th earl of Ormond, after the latter's third appointment as lieutenant in February 1442. Before returning to Ireland, Talbot was reappointed chancellor in August, but counter‐charges in Ireland in November deprived him of office. He retaliated in 1445 by ousting Ormond's deputy.
Although twice, abortively, a candidate for the archbishopric of Armagh (1416, 1443), Talbot staunchly defended Dublin's independence of Armagh's primatial jurisdiction. His memorial in St Patrick's cathedral commemorates his establishment of minor canons and choristers in 1432. Elizabeth Matthew |
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"Talbot, Richard." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Talbot, Richard." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-TalbotRichard.html "Talbot, Richard." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-TalbotRichard.html |
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Richard Talbot Tyrconnel, duke and earl of
Richard Talbot Tyrconnel, duke and earl of , 1630–91, Irish Jacobite. He escaped from Ireland after Oliver Cromwell's punitive campaign there (1649) and was party to various intrigues to restore the monarchy. After the Restoration (1660) he joined the household of the duke of York (later James II) and used his influence at court to promote his own interests. He was arrested and exiled for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot (see Oates, Titus ), but after the accession (1685) of James II, he was created earl (1685) and sent as commander in chief of the forces in Ireland. In this capacity and as lord deputy (1687–88) he placed Catholics in many key positions. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, James crossed to Ireland and created Tyrconnel a duke—a title recognized only by the Jacobites. After defeat in the battle of the Boyne (1690) Tyrconnel went to France for aid. He returned in 1691, but died suddenly just before the fall of Limerick. |
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"Richard Talbot Tyrconnel, duke and earl of." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Richard Talbot Tyrconnel, duke and earl of." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-TyrconlRT.html "Richard Talbot Tyrconnel, duke and earl of." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-TyrconlRT.html |
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Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl
Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl (I) (1630–91). Talbot, a younger son from Co. Kildare, fought for the king in the 1640s and escaped from the destruction of Drogheda in 1649. In the 1650s he was appointed a groom of the bedchamber to the duke of York in exile and for the rest of his life his fortunes followed his patron's. As soon as the duke became James II, Talbot was created earl and in 1686 appointed lieutenant‐general of the army in Ireland. In 1687 he succeeded Clarendon as lord‐lieutenant and began consolidating the catholic position. Tyrconnel was the ‘new deputy’ whom ‘brother Teague’ welcomed in ‘Lillibullero’. After the Glorious Revolution he was made a Jacobite duke, fought at the Boyne, and died in Limerick just before it was forced to capitulate.
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JOHN CANNON. "Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-TyrconnelRichardTlbt1strl.html JOHN CANNON. "Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, 1st Earl." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-TyrconnelRichardTlbt1strl.html |
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Richard Talbot
Richard Talbot see Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, duke and earl of . |
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"Richard Talbot." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Richard Talbot." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Talbot-R.html "Richard Talbot." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Talbot-R.html |
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