Colonel Maurice Hussey (1644 – 1714) was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier. Hussey was the son of Walter Hussey and Katherine Fitzgerald. He was a Member of Parliament for

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in the short-lived

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called by

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in 1689. He was given a commission in

Roger McElligott Colonel Roger McElligott (died after 1714) was an Irish Jacobite soldier and politician. Biography McElligott raised a regiment in County Kerry for James II of England, which was located at Hampton Court in 1688. That year McElligott and his regi ...

's Regiment of Foot, becoming lieutenant colonel of the regiment in 1690.HUSSEY, Maurice
Officers of the Jacobite Armies
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, Hussey was granted a pardon under the Articles of Limerick. However, as a staunch

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, he left Ireland in 1703 owing to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussey, Maurice 1644 births 1714 deaths 17th-century Irish politicians Irish Jacobites Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies Politicians from County Kerry Military personnel from County Kerry