Toby Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Caulfeild of Charlemont (1621–1642) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Life

He was the eldest son of

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, and Mary, daughter of Sir John King, knight (ancestor to the

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) and his wife Catherine Drury. Born at Dublin, he was educated at Henley School in England. In 1637 he entered

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in April (aged 16), and

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in October. He matriculated at

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in 1638. In 1639 Caulfeild was returned to parliament for

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; in the same year, he succeeded his father as 3rd Baron. During the

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he was given his father's old post as governor of Charlemont Fort which was of strategic importance as one of a handful of modern fortresses in Ireland. On 22 October 1641

Felim O'Neill of Kinard Sir Phelim Roe O'Neill of Kinard ( Irish: ''Sir Féilim Rua Ó Néill na Ceann Ard''; 1604–1653) was an Irish politician and soldier who started the Irish rebellion in Ulster on 23 October 1641. He joined the Irish Catholic Confede ...

went to dine with him and O'Neill's followers seized Charlemont by surprise. After being kept fifteen weeks a prisoner in Charlemont, Caulfeild was moved to O'Neill's castle at Kinard; and on entering the castle was shot dead by Edmund Boy O'Hugh, foster-brother to O'Neill, 6 January 1642. An Inquisition held in Armagh on 24 March 1661 (No. 10) gives his date of death as 6 January 1641 Old Style, which is 6 January 1642 New Style. He was succeeded by his brother Robert, who died on 1 January 1644, according to the same Inquisition.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Caulfeild, Toby 1621 births 1642 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland

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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies Irish MPs 1639–1649