Sir John Everard, 3rd Baronet (c.1665 – 1691) was an Irish Jacobite soldier and politician.

Biography

Everard was the son of Sir Redmond Everard, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Butler, and in 1687 he succeeded to his father's

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. He received a commission in the Jacobite army of

James II of England James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II of England, Charles II, on 6 February 1 ...

as a captain in

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's regiment of horse. He was the Member of Parliament for Fethard in the brief

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called by James II in 1689.O'Hart, John
The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689
''Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation'' (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 3 February 2023. On 12 July 1691 he was killed in fighting during the

Battle of Aughrim The Battle of Aughrim () was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland), Irish Jacobitism, Jacobite army loyal to James II of England, James II and the forces of Will ...

and was posthumously

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and forfeited of his estates. He married Hon. Eleanor Butler, eldest daughter of Thomas Cahir, 6th

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and Elizabeth Matthew. Their son, Redmond Everard, was raised by relatives as a Protestant and subsequently recovered his family's seized estates.

References

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17th-century Irish military personnel Irish Jacobites Irish military personnel killed in action Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies People convicted under a bill of attainder