Peter Sarsfield was an Irish landowner of the seventeenth century. He was from a wealthy

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family from

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. His grandfather Sir William Sarsfield had served as

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, and had purchased

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which he passed on to his younger son, Peter's father, while the larger

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went to the elder son. Peter married Lady Eleanor O'Dempsey, the daughter of Lord Clanmalier a member of the

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nobility who had taken a title from the Crown as part of the

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policy. Peter's eldest son and heir was

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 ...

, who took part in the

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. His grandson was Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan, a leading Jacobite figure of the

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.Wauchope p.2

References

Bibliography

* Wauchope, Piers. ''Patrick Sarsfield and the Williamite War''. Irish Academic Press, 1992. 17th-century Irish people Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Irish people of English descent

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