Edward Chevers (died 1709), known as Viscount Mount Leinster from 1689, was an Irish Jacobite soldier and peer.

Biography

Chevers was the son of John Chevers of Macetown and Joan Sutton. He married Anne Sarsfield, daughter of

Patrick Sarsfield Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan ( 1655 – 21 August 1693) was an Irish army officer. Killed at Battle of Landen, Landen in 1693 while serving in the French Royal Army, he is now best remembered as an Irish patriot and military hero. Born ...

and sister of the Jacobite Earl of Lucan. Following the

Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1688, was the deposition of James II and VII, James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II, Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange ...

, Chevers remained loyal to

King James II James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glori ...

. On 23 August 1689 he was made Viscount Mount Leinster of County Carlow and Baron Bannow of County Wexford in the

Jacobite peerage The Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution of 1688. These creati ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. He served in the Jacobite army in Ireland and was aide-de-camp to James II at the

Battle of the Boyne The Battle of the Boyne ( ) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Sc ...

in 1690. Despite being specifically included in Article 4 of the

Treaty of Limerick The Treaty of Limerick (), signed on 3 October 1691, ended the Williamite War in Ireland, a conflict related to the Nine Years' War (1688–1697). It consisted of two separate agreements, one with military terms of surrender, signed by commander ...

, Chivers voluntary relinquished the benefits of the capitulation and followed James II into exile.Text of th
Treaty of Limerick
(Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition, University College Cork). See Article 4: ''Chievers of Maystown, commonly called Mount Leinster''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. He died in France in 1709 without male heirs. He was the uncle of

Augustine Cheevers Augustine Cheevers (1686 – 1778) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman A member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA). Cheevers was born in Killian, County Galway in 1686, one of the six sons of John Chevers and Ellis Geoghegan. Dr. Cheevers ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chevers, Edward Year of birth uncertain 1709 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish expatriates in France Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Peers created by James II (1689–1701)