William Southwell
William Southwell (1669 – 23 January 1720)[1] was an Irish politician and British Army officer.
Background[edit]
He was the third son of Richard Southwell of Castle Matrix, County 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[edit]
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[edit]
In 1709, he married Lucy Bowen, younger daughter of William Bowen,[8] of Ballyadams, County 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[edit]
- ^ Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 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. Vol. II. London: Harrison. p. 1738.
- ^ a b "ThePeerage - William Southwell". Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ a b Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore. pp. 17–18.
- ^ a b c d . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. P. 304.
- ^ a b Cannon, Richard; Arthur Tupper (1836). Historical Records of the British Army. London: William Clowes and Sons. p. 108.
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
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