William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
Military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1675-1726) · Writers · Died at 51
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Something wrong?General William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, was a British army officer, diplomat and Whig politician. He began his military career during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715.
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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. Cadogan first served under his future commander during the 1690 Siege of Cork.
Marlborough and Cadogan at the Battle of Blenheim by Pieter van Bloemen
Cadogan played a prominent role in the Allied victory at the Battle of Ramillies in 1706. Three months later he was captured by the French, before an exchange was quickly agreed.
Cadogan was a strong supporter of the Hanoverian Succession which brought George I to the throne rather than the Jacobite candidate, styled by his supporters as James III.
Cadogan arrived in Scotland shortly after the indecisive Battle of Sheriffmuir. He oversaw the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715 in the Highlands.
John Campbell, Duke of Argyll. Cadogan had a long-standing military and political rivalry with the Duke, with whom he had suppressed the Jacobite Rebellion in 1715.Awards
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General William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, was a British army officer, diplomat and Whig politician. He began his military career during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715. A close associate and confidant of the Duke of Marlborough, he also sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 until 1716, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cadogan. A strong supporter of the Hanoverian Succession, he succeeded Marlborough in 1722 as Master-General of the Ordnance and senior army commander.
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