Henry Cadogan (1642 – 13 January 1713/14) of
Liscartan,
County Meath
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was an Irish barrister.
Early life
Cadogan was the son of Maj.
William Cadogan and Elizabeth Roberts.
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 636. His father was born at
Dunster, Somerset to an old
Pembrokeshire family. He served with
Oliver Cromwell
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in Ireland, and was rewarded for his services with the estate of Liscarton, where Henry grew up. Henry also acquired lands in
County Limerick
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His paternal grandfather was Henry Cadogan of Llanbetter, a grandson of Thomas Cadogan, of Dunster, who claimed descent from the ancient princes of Wales (called Cadwgan ap Elystan Glodrydd "The Renowned", Prince of Fferreg, of Dol-y-Gaer,
Breconshire
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).
Career
Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, he was a
barrister and also
High Sheriff of Meath
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The sheriff ...
in 1700. Unlike his eldest son William, he did not play a leading part in public life.
Personal life
On about 31 July 1671, he married Bridget Waller, the second daughter of the
regicide
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Sir
Hardress Waller
Sir Hardress Waller (1666), was an English Protestant who settled in Ireland and fought for Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A leading member of the radical element within the New Model Army, he signed the death warrant for the Ex ...
and
Elizabeth Dowdall
Elizabeth Dowdall ( Southwell); – after 1642) was a member of the Irish gentry, famed for having defended Kilfinny Castle, County Limerick, against the insurgents during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Birth and background
Elizabeth was born ...
,
by whom he had five children:
*
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
William Cadogan (-1726), 1st Earl Cadogan, an Irish-born British Army officer, began his active military service during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. A close associate an ...
(1672–1726), who married Dutch heiress Margaretta Munter in 1704.
* Ambrose Cadogan (d. 1693), who died unmarried.
*
Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan
General Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan (1684/5 – 24 September 1776)Falkner, James"Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', 24 May 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2018. was an Anglo-Irish peer, soldier and Whi ...
(1685–1776), who married Elizabeth Sloane, a daughter of the Irish-born
physician
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and
landowner Sir
Hans Sloane
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.
* Frances Cadogan, who died aged 9.
* Penelope Cadogan (d. 1746), who married
Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet
Brigadier-General Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet ( 1660 – 11 September 1709) was an Irish politician and soldier.
Early life
He was the son of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725) of Croane, County Limerick, a small Catholic landowner, and Elean ...
.
Cadogan on 13 January 1714/15 at Dublin.
Descendants
Through his eldest son
William
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, he had two granddaughters:
Lady Sarah Cadogan (b. 1705), who married
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
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; and Margaret Cadogan (b. 1707), who married the Hon. Charles John Bentinck (fourth son of
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, (20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. He ...
).
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1642 births
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High Sheriffs of Meath