Walter Nangle (c.1630 – 1693) was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier. Nangle was the son of Jocelyn Nangle and Elinor Cusack. In 1689, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for

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in the short-lived

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summoned by

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. During the

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, he was a captain in King James' Regiment of Infantry.NANGLE, Walter
Officers of the Jacobite Armies
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in 1691, forfeiting his 668-acre estate in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nangle, Walter Year of birth uncertain 1693 deaths 17th-century Irish military personnel Irish Jacobites Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Meath constituencies People convicted under a bill of attainder