General Mervyn Archdall (27 April 1763 – 26 July 1839) was an Irish officer in the British Army and

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for

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was the eldest son of

Mervyn Archdall Mervyn Archdall may refer to: *Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) (1723–1791) *Mervyn Archdall (senior) (c.1724–1813), colonel and MP for Fermanagh *Mervyn Archdall (junior) (1763–1839), general and MP for Fermanagh *Mervyn Edward Archdale (18 ...

(1724?–1813) of Castle Archdall, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, an MP in the Parliament of Ireland for nearly 40 years. He succeeded his father in 1813, inheriting Castle Archdale house. Archdall joined the British Army as an ensign in the

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and rose through the ranks in that regiment to that of full general on 27 May 1825. He had command of the regiment under Sir Ralph Abercromby during the Egyptian campaign, losing his right arm in an impromptu cavalry charge at Lake Mareotis in 1801. As a major-general he afterwards spent time on the staff in Ireland. In 1833, he and wife Jane were passengers in a carriage accident cause by flooding near Castle Saunderson in Cavan. He was MP for County Fermanagh in the Parliament of the UK from 1802 to 1834 following his father, who had been a co-opted member in 1801. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Wight for life in 1815. He was also Governor of County Fermanagh (1813–1831), Grand Master of the Orange Order (1818–1822) and a Trustee of the Irish Linen Board. He had married Jane, the daughter of Gustavus Hume Rochfort, MP and had one son & daughter (both illegitimate). His estate passed to his brother Colonel William Archdall (1768-1857) and thereafter to his nephew

Edward Mervyn Archdale Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale, 1st Baronet, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire), Deputy lieutenant, DL (26 January 1853 – 1 November 1943) was a Northern Ireland, Northern Irish politician. Archdale was born the son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdal ...

, MP. He died in 1839.

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