Roger Maguire (1641 – October 1708), styled Lord Maguire of Enniskillen, was an Irish Jacobite soldier and courtier.

Biography

Maguire was the son of Hon. Rory Maguire and Deborah, widow of Sir Leonard Blennerhassett and daughter of Sir Henry Mervyn. In 1648 he inherited the claim to the title

Baron Maguire Baron Maguire, of Enniskillen, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 3 March 1628 for Bryan Maguire by Charles I. On 10 February 1645, the second baron was attainted and the barony forfeited. In 1689, the second baron's nephew, ...

, which had been forfeited in 1645. He was a captain in the Earl of Antrim's Regiment of Infantry. In 1689, he was summoned to the

Irish House of Lords The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until the end of 1800. It was also the final court of appeal of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was modelled on the House of Lords of Englan ...

as Baron Maguire of Enniskillen in the brief

Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ...

called by

James II of England James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II of England, Charles II, on 6 February 1 ...

. James also appointed him

Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh A list of the Lord Lieutenants of Fermanagh, located County Fermanagh of Northern Ireland, U.K. The Lord Lieutenant is a ceremonial local government position. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II, when they we ...

. His claim to the title was never recognised by the Williamites. Maguire subsequently raised his own Jacobite regiment in the

Williamite War in Ireland The Williamite War in Ireland took place from March 1689 to October 1691. Fought between Jacobitism, Jacobite supporters of James II of England, James II and those of his successor, William III of England, William III, it resulted in a Williamit ...

and he fought at the

Battle of Aughrim The Battle of Aughrim () was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the largely Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland), Irish Jacobitism, Jacobite army loyal to James II of England, James II and the forces of Will ...

. After the Siege of Limerick, Maguire was

attainted In English criminal law, attainder was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and hereditary titles, but ...

and joined in the

Flight of the Wild Geese The Flight of the Wild Geese was the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on 3 October 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland ...

to France. However, no command was assigned to him in France and Maguire retired to the exiled Jacobite court at

Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a former royal palace in the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the department of Yvelines, about 19 km west of Paris, France. Today, it houses the '' Musée d'Archéologie nationale'' (Nationa ...

, where he died in 1708.MacGUIRE, Lord Roger INISKELLEN (Inniskillen, Enniskillen) (1641–1708)
Officers of the Jacobite Armies
Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 16 February 2023. Maguire had married Mary, daughter of Philip MacHugh O'Reilly, and he was succeeded by his son, Alexander, who died in France in 1719.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maguire, Roger 1641 births 1708 deaths 17th-century Irish people Barons in the Jacobite peerage Irish expatriates in France Irish Jacobites Irish soldiers Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Lord-lieutenants of Fermanagh Members of the Irish House of Lords People convicted under a bill of attainder Wild Geese (soldiers)