John Nugent, 5th Earl of Westmeath (1671 – 3 July 1754) was an Irish nobleman and professional

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. He was the third son of

Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin (died before 1680) was the eldest son of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath and his wife and cousin Mary Nugent, daughter of Sir Thomas Nugent and widow of Christopher Plunkett. His brother was Thomas Nugent, 1 ...

and Mary Butler, daughter of Colonel Richard Butler. Nugent succeeded his brother, Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath, in 1752. He served in the French army, seeing action at Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, the sieges of Douai and Quesnoy, and at

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. He began as an officer in 1706 and ended as Maréchal de camp in 1744. He retired from active service in 1748. He died at

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in 1754. He married Marguerite Jeanne (died 11 February 1776), the daughter of Count Carlo Molza of Modena, Gentleman Usher to Queen Mary of Modena and his wife Veronique Angelotti, on 7 January 1711, and had issue: *

Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath KP PC (Ire) (April 1714 – 7 September 1792), styled Lord Delvin from 1752 to 1754 was an Irish peer and freemason. He gained the title Earl of Westmeath in 1754 on the death of his father John Nugent, 5th ...

* James Nugent * John Christopher Nugent * Richard Nugent * Edward Nugent * Marie Charlotte Nugent * François Christine Nugent He was succeeded by his eldest son

. Thomas was the first of the family to conform to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westmeath, John Nugent, 5th Earl of Irish Jacobites 1671 births 1754 deaths 17th-century Irish people 18th-century Irish people People from County Westmeath Irish expatriates in France Irish soldiers in the French Army Earls of Westmeath