Toby Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Caulfeild of Charlemont (1621–1642) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Life

He was the eldest son of

William Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Caulfeild William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

, and Mary, daughter of Sir John King, knight (ancestor to the

Earl of Kingston Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon (created in 1764), Viscount ...

) and his wife Catherine Drury. Born at

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, he was educated at Henley School in England. In 1637 he entered

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in April (aged 16), and

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in October. He matriculated at

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in 1638. In 1639 Caulfeild was returned to parliament for the

county of Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retains ...

; in the same year, he succeeded his father as 3rd Baron. During the

Irish Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by Irish Catholics in the Kingdom of Ireland, who wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantatio ...

he was given his father's old post as governor of

Charlemont Fort Charlemont Fort was a garrison situated in Charlemont, County Armagh. History The fort was built in 1602 by Lord Mountjoy. The name ''Charlemont'' came from Charles Blount's Christian name. It was situated on the Armagh bank of the River Bla ...

which was of strategic importance as one of a handful of modern fortresses in Ireland. On 22 October 1641

Felim O'Neill of Kinard Sir Phelim Roe O'Neill of Kinard (Irish: ''Sir Féilim Rua Ó Néill na Ceann Ard''; 1604–1653) was an Irish politician and soldier who started the Irish rebellion in Ulster on 23 October 1641. He joined the Irish Catholic Confederati ...

went to dine with him and O'Neill's followers seized Charlemont by surprise. After being kept fifteen weeks a prisoner in Charlemont, Caulfeild was moved to O'Neill's castle at Kinard; and on entering the castle was shot dead by Edmund Boy O'Hugh, foster-brother to O'Neill, 6 January 1642. An Inquisition held in Armagh on 24 March 1661 (No. 10) gives his date of death as 6 January 1641 Old Style, which is 6 January 1642 New Style. He was succeeded by his brother Robert, who died on 1 January 1644, according to the same Inquisition.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Caulfeild, Toby 1621 births 1642 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland

Toby Toby is a popular, usually male, name in many English speaking countries. The name is from the Middle English vernacular form of Tobias. Tobias itself is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew טוביה ''Toviah'', which translates to ''Good i ...

Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies Irish MPs 1639–1649