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

Biography

McElligott raised a regiment in

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for

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, which was located at

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in 1688. That year McElligott and his regiment returned to Ireland. Following the

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, McElligott was the

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for

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in the short-lived

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called by James in 1689. In 1690 he was appointed

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, in which capacity he surrendered the city to Williamite forces following the

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. McElligott was taken prisoner and imprisoned in the

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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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacDermott, Terence Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century Irish politicians 18th-century Irish people French military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession Irish Jacobites Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Irish soldiers in the French Army Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Prisoners in the Tower of London