Gerard Lally or O'Mullally (? in

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, County Galway – 1737) was an Irish Jacobite and French military officer.

Biography

Lally was the second son of Thomas Lally (or O'Mullally) of Tullaghnadaly, by his wife, Jane, sister of

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, and younger brother of James Lally. He served with James II's forces in Ireland during the

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, and after the end of the

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he fled to France. At

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on 18 April 1701 Lally married Anne-Marie, the daughter of Charles Jacques de Bressac, seigneur de La Vache; they had a son Thomas Arthur Lally. On 7 July 1707 Lally was created a

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, in the Jacobite

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, by James II's son, the titular James III. On 28 July 1708 he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the famous Dillon's Regiment, named after his first cousin General Arthur Dillon. On 20 February 1734 he was made a Brigadier General in the French army, with the promise of being appointed a ''

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'' at the next promotion. He died at

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in November 1737, and was succeeded by his son. His grandson was

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