Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath (1669 - 30 June 1752) was an Irish soldier and peer. He was the second 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. He was likely the resident of

Coolamber Hall House Coolamber Hall-House is an Anglo-Norman ruin in County Longford, Ireland that is dated to the early 13th century. Possibly the residence of Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Westmeath, one of the commissioners for Plantation of Longford in 1620.O'Bri ...

. Nugent served in the Irish army of James II as a Colonel of Foot, being outlawed by William III on 11 May 1691. He fought at the

Siege of Limerick (1690) Limerick, a city in western Ireland, was besieged twice in the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689-1691. On the first occasion, in August to September 1690, its Jacobite defenders retreated to the city after their defeat at the Battle of the Bo ...

Siege of Limerick (1691) The siege of Limerick in western Ireland was a second siege of the town during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–1691). The city, held by Jacobite forces, was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690. However, after a second siege i ...

while commanding a regiment of cavalry. His

outlawry An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...

was reversed in 1697. Like nearly all the family he was a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

. Nugent succeeded his brother, Richard Nugent, 3rd Earl of Westmeath, in 1714. He was married to Margaret Bellew, a daughter of

John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek (died 12 January 1692) was an Irish Jacobite soldier and politician. Biography Bellew was the son of was son of Sir Christopher Bellew of Bellewstown and Frances Plunkett, a daughter of Matthew Plunkett, ...

, and Mary Bermingham, with whom he had issue: * Lady Katherine Nugent (married Andrew Nugent of Desart, County Westmeath, and had issue Barbara Nugent, who married James O'Reilly and was the mother of Sir Hugh O'Reilly Nugent, 1st Baronet) * Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin (died 12 Apr 1752, unmarried) * Hon. John Nugent (died 21 Jul 1725, unmarried) * Lady Mary Nugent (1694-July 1725, married Francis Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry and had issue). Nugent was succeeded by his younger brother,

John Nugent, 5th Earl of Westmeath John Nugent, 5th Earl of Westmeath (1671 – 3 July 1754) was an Irish nobleman and professional soldier. He was the third son of Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin and Mary Butler, daughter of Colonel Richard Butler. Nugent succeeded his brother, T ...

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* http://www.thepeerage.com/p4175.htm#i41745 {{DEFAULTSORT:Westmeath, Thomas Nugent, 4th Earl of Irish Jacobites 1669 births 1752 deaths 17th-century Irish people 18th-century Irish people People from County Westmeath Irish expatriates in France Earls of Westmeath