He served at the Siege of Barcelona in 1714 alongside Berwick, and was wounded in the final assault.[2] In 1718 he was involved in a Jacobite plan to launch a rebellion and place James on the throne of Britain and Ireland. Sarsfield travelled to Ireland, but a series of military defeats in Scotland and at sea led to the withdrawal of the Jacobite plotters in May 1719. Shortly after arriving at St Omer, on 12 May 1719 he died.[3] He was buried in the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
james, sarsfield, earl, lucan, 1693, 1719, french, born, jacobite, irish, descent, patrick, sarsfield, earl, lucan, wife, honora, burke, father, leading, commander, jacobite, irish, army, during, williamite, ireland, them, into, exile, flight, wild, geese, fol. James Sarsfield 2nd Earl of Lucan 1693 1719 was a French born Jacobite of Irish descent He was the son of Patrick Sarsfield 1st Earl of Lucan and his wife Honora Burke His father was a leading commander of the Jacobite Irish Army during the Williamite War in Ireland and led them into exile in the Flight of the Wild Geese following the Siege of Limerick in 1691 James was named after the young Jacobite Prince of Wales James Francis Edward Stuart 1 His father was killed in 1693 at the Battle of Landen The following year his mother remarried to James FitzJames 1st Duke of Berwick the son of the exiled James II Berwick raised James Sarsfield as his stepson His half brother was James Fitz James Stuart He served at the Siege of Barcelona in 1714 alongside Berwick and was wounded in the final assault 2 In 1718 he was involved in a Jacobite plan to launch a rebellion and place James on the throne of Britain and Ireland Sarsfield travelled to Ireland but a series of military defeats in Scotland and at sea led to the withdrawal of the Jacobite plotters in May 1719 Shortly after arriving at St Omer on 12 May 1719 he died 3 He was buried in the church of the Holy Sepulchre References edit Wauchope p 296 Wauchope p 300 Wauchope p 300Bibliography editWauchope Piers Patrick Sarsfield and the Williamite War Irish Academic Press 1992 nbsp This biography of an earl in the Peerage of Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Sarsfield 2nd Earl of Lucan amp oldid 1166928116, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
