Peter Redmond (c.1660 – c.1732), also referred to as Sir Peter Redmond and later Lord Redmond in Jacobite circles, was an Irish merchant in Portugal who became involved in Jacobite politics in Europe.

Biography

Redmond, who settled in Portugal, was descended from a

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

family of the same name. By 1715 he had made a considerable fortune in trade between England and Portugal and had been made a Knight of the

Military Order of Christ The Military Order of Christ is a Honorific orders of Portugal, Portuguese honorific order. It is the former order of Knights Templar as it was reconstituted in Portugal. Before 1910, it was known as the Royal Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Chr ...

John V of Portugal ''Dom (title), Dom'' John V (; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reig ...

. A close associate of the diplomat Patrick Lawless, Redmond offered his services to the exiled

James Francis Edward Stuart James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs (British political party), Whigs or the King over the Water by Jacobitism, Jacobites, was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of Ki ...

, intending to use his fortune to help fund the

Jacobite rising of 1715 The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart, James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland ...

which ended in failure before Redmond could travel to Scotland. He was knighted by the Old Pretender and created a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

on 20 December 1717. In early 1718 was appointed "Consul General for Portugal for King James III and VIII", the leading Jacobite representative in Portugal. On 15 December 1721 Redmond was further created Baron Redmond 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 ...

.Marquis of Ruvigny
''The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour''
(T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1904), p.155. He had a son, John, born in 1709 and at least five daughters. Redmond was dead by March 1732, but the date of death is uncertain.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Redmond, Peter Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain 18th-century Irish people Baronets in the Jacobite peerage Irish Jacobites Irish merchants Knights of the Order of Christ (Portugal) Peers created by James II (1689–1701) Portuguese people of Irish descent