Lieutenant General Richard Ingoldsby (died 1712) was an

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general, who enjoyed the personal regard of

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough General (United Kingdom), General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was a Briti ...

, and later played a prominent role in the government of

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.Chichester, Henry Matthews "Ingoldsby, Richard (died 1712)" ''Dictionary of National Biography '' He was the son of Colonel Sir George Ingoldsby, a soldier who came to Ireland with his cousin

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, and his wife Mary Gould, daughter of James Gould of Ludden Castle, Corbally, County Limerick. His father was the sixth son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby of

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and Elizabeth Cromwell, aunt of

; his uncles included

Richard Ingoldsby Colonel Sir Richard Ingoldsby (10 August 1617 – 9 September 1685) was an English officer in the New Model Army during the English Civil War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1647 and 1685. As a Commission ...

the

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, and

Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet (1622–1701) was an English military commander and landowner. He was born in Lethenborough, Buckinghamshire, the 5th son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby and his wife Elizabeth Cromwell. She was the daughter of Sir Ol ...

. His father was granted substantial lands in

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, and acquired other holdings in the same county by marriage: his main residence was Ballybricken Castle. He held a variety of official posts, both under Cromwell and after the Restoration. Richard was commissioned as an army officer before 1670, but little more is heard of him until 1689. Given his family's republican background, and his family connection to Oliver Cromwell, it was natural that he should welcome the

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, although he inclined to Toryism in later life. He was appointed colonel in 1692 and adjutant-general for the expedition against France. In 1693 he was appointed colonel of the

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and commanded them at the Siege of Namur. In 1696 he became a brigadier general. He claimed to have suffered serious losses, amounting to £12000, as a result of his support for the Glorious Revolution and petitioned the

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for redress. He spent some time in

, and was briefly imprisoned for his involvement in a

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between John Methuen, the

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, and Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry. King

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, anxious to avoid a scandal, quickly ordered his release. During the

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he became major general and then

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. He commanded a division under Marlborough 1702–6, and fought at the

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. At the

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he was second in command of the first line under Charles Churchill. He became colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment in 1705. After 1707 he spent much of his time in

, being by then incapacitated from active service after being seriously wounded. He combined military and political offices: he was commander of the Irish forces Comptroller of the Ordinance and Master of the Horse, and also sat in the

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as member for

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, and wielded considerable political influence locally. Despite his support for the Revolution, he was now seen as a

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in politics, as was the rest of the Dublin government at the time. He was an Irish Privy Counsellor and

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1709–10; a letter from Marlborough makes clear that this appointment was his doing, a sign of his personal regard for Ingoldsby. He became rich enough to buy

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, ancestral home of the

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, and was recommended for a Peerage shortly before his death. Ingoldsby died in January 1712 and was buried after an impressive State funeral in Christ Church Cathedral. Buried on 9 February 1712 on the north side of the altar- the Registers of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin By his wife Frances Naper, daughter of Colonel James Naper of

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, he had one son, Henry, who also served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers and as MP for Limerick City. He wasted most of his father's fortune on high living in London, and after his death, his heirs were forced to sell Carton back to the Earl of Kildare in 1738.

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* *Walsh, Patrick A.; Beaumont, David "Ingoldsby, Richard" ''Cambridge Dictionary of National Biography'' 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingoldsby, Richard Irish generals 1712 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies English generals Year of birth unknown British Army lieutenant generals Irish MPs 1703–1713 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland