William Caulfeild, 2nd Viscount Charlemont (c.1655 – 21 July 1726) was an Irish soldier and peer.

Life

Caulfeild was the son of

William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont William Caulfeild, 1st Viscount Charlemont PC (Ire) (1624 – April 1671) was an Irish politician and peer. Background Born in Donamon Castle in County Roscommon, he was the third son of William Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Caulfeild and his wife Mary Ki ...

of County Armagh, whom he succeeded in 1671 and Sarah Moore, daughter of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda. He was educated at

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. He was an avid pro-Williamite in the struggle between William of Orange and

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for the British crown, and was consequently attainted by King James' first Parliament in 1689. He was rewarded by William for his loyalty by being put in command of a regiment of infantry and created

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and

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. After Willams's victory, the regiment was disbanded but in 1701 he was given command of the new 36th Foot Regiment and promoted in 1704 to the rank of Brigadier-General. He took the regiment to Spain, taking part in the Siege of Barcelona and the attack on Fort

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in 1705. Although contentiously removed from his command of the regiment, he was nevertheless promoted in 1707 to the rank of Major-General and made Governor of Counties Armagh and Tyrone. On 11 July 1678, he married Anne, the only daughter of

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, and they had five sons and seven daughters. His eldest son was James. Another son,

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, was an early British Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. One of Caulfeild's great-granddaughters,

Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild (19 January 1824 – 20 November 1911) was a British writer and needleworker. She wrote about religion and needlework, and frequently worked with Blanche Catherine Saward. Life Caulfeild was born in Teignmouth in 1 ...

, was an author, poet and encyclopedist. In May 1726, he was made a

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but died in Dublin shortly afterwards and was buried in the vault of the family in Armagh. He was succeeded by

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, his eldest surviving son.

References

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Viscounts Charlemont Members of the Privy Council of Ireland 36th Regiment of Foot officers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin