In 1688 King James transferred 3 regts of foot to England
from Ireland. The Duke of Tyconnell raised three new regt’s to replace them,
one being, the Guards. The original commander of the unit was the 2nd Duke of
Ormond , but in 1688 he declared his allegiance to William III so the command
went over to Englishman William Dorrington. They fought at Derry, The Boyne and
at Aughrim, where Dorrington was taken prisoner.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Limerick, in 1691, which
ended the war in Ireland, a force of 20,000 Jacobite’s arrived to France, in an
event known as the "Flight of the Wild Geese". These men were kept
separate from other Irish regts, and were formed into King James’ own army in
exile, albeit in the pay of France. Lord Dorrington’s foot, Later Roth’s or
Rooth’s, were formed from what remanded of the 1st and 2nd battalions of King
James’ Royal Irish Footguards
Alexandre de Rainier de Droué (c.1650–1698), Marquis of
Boisseleau, was one of the French officers who came over to Ireland, by an
agreement between Louis XIV and James II. He was a French Major-General and Governor
of Limerick, he was appointed to command
the besieged Jacobite forces in Limerick, but had spent most of his life in the
French army, counting among his campaigns the battle of Saint-Denys and the
sieges of Tournai, Douai, Lille, Maastricht, Artois, Valenciennes, Cambrai, and
Luxembourg.
Henry FitzJames the
eldest son of James II was born at Moulins in France before his father's
accession to the throne. He went into Imperialist service under Charles, Duke
of Lorraine and was present at the siege of Buda in 1686. FitzJames was created
Duke of Berwick, Earl of Tinmouth and Baron Bosworth by his father in 1687. He
then returned to Hungary and participated at the Battle of Mohács.
Berwick returned to England and was made Governor of
Portsmouth. King James made him a Knight of the Garter, but due to the invasion
of the Prince of Orange and the subsequent Glorious Revolution, the
installation never took place. In the following year, James was overthrown and
Berwick went into exile with him, taking an active part in the Irish campaign,
including the Battle of the Boyne, where he was in effective command of both
troops of James’ Lifeguards. After his
father's final exile, Berwick served in the French army. He fought at the
battles of Steenkerque and Landen. At the latter, Berwick was taken prisoner,
but was exchanged for the Duke of Ormonde. Because of his support for his
father and service in the French army against England, he was attainted in
1695, and his British peerages forfeit.
Very nice Ray and a nice piece of history teaching!
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff Ray! (Yes, I am up rather late)
ReplyDeleteDamned good job, Ray, both the painting and the post.
ReplyDeleteNice work, Ray. Do you teach history as a side job?!
ReplyDeleteNope! but I'd love to!
DeleteGood stuff Ray. Generals did a lot of hat waving in those days, it seems from those minis.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Mike
Think it was all the flies?
DeleteMost excellent Ray. Those sculpts have great lines and your brushwork is top notch. You've managed to raise the bar quite high around here of late!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you madam!
DeleteI am really facinated at the quality in painting you make in this scale.
ReplyDeleteLooks damn good mate!
Cheers my Lord!
DeleteLovely work Ray.
ReplyDeleteGood looking commanders !!!
ReplyDeleteNice mini's and the history is always an interesting read sir
ReplyDeleteNice background, nice bit of history and nice painting. Thanks Ray
ReplyDeleteHistory and figures, everything is perfect Ray!
ReplyDeleteinformative, thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteFancy work Ray. Good one.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff there Ray.
ReplyDeleteSuper painting Ray and great background material!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
The detail work on the painting is amazing, Ray. You really are talented.
ReplyDeleteyes, great info and figs!
ReplyDeleteNice looking figures. I find it funny that you and Fran place mostly together, but are working on entirely different themes of figures to be painted.
ReplyDeleteYeh, he's the strange one not me.....
DeleteNice, bright red - are you painting over white or black?
ReplyDeleteI think these had a black undercoat?
DeleteAnother cracking group Ray; a lovely post.
ReplyDeleteA very good job, Ray.
ReplyDeleteExcellent painting and nice background history.
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Still think it'd be awesome making those horses come to life
ReplyDeleteMore wonderful work... you'll have to have a party when you get to No 100 !
ReplyDeleteGood idea!!
Deletereally nice Ray, loadsa commands
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