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James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1693-1719), was a French-born Jacobite of Irish descent. He was the son of Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan and his wife Honora Burke.
Apr 27, 2022 · James Francis Edward Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1693–1719), served in both the French and Spanish armies. He died unmarried in St Omer aged twenty-six. With his death, the Earldom of Lucan became extinct.
When James Francis Edward Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan was born on 30 March 1693, in Paris, Île-de-France, France, his father, Marshall Patrick Sarsfield 1st Earl of Lucan, was 36 and his mother, Honorina de Bourk y McCarthy. Condesa vda. de Lucán, was 19. He had at least 1 son.
In 1691, the deposed King James purportedly created him Earl of Lucan, Viscount of Tully and Baron Rosberry. Like all post deposition titles they have no recognition in UK law. In 1795, the first legal creation of title was for Sarsfield's similarly landowning great-nephew, Charles Bingham, 1st Baron Lucan .
His father was Patrick Sarsfield (1650-1693), first Earl of Lucan. He was renowned for his military involvements, fighting in support of James II, and in particular saving Limerick from William of Orange by blowing up his weaponry supplies.
In 1689, Sarsfield married the 15-year-old Honora Burke (1674–1698), daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde; they had one son, James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1693–1719). After Sarsfield's death, she married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, eldest but illegitimate son of James II of England.
James Sarsfield, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1693-1719), was a French-born Jacobite of Irish descent. He was the son of Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan and his wife Honora Burke . His father was a leading commander of the Jacobite Irish Army during the Williamite War in Ireland , and led them into exile in the Flight of the Wild Geese following the ...
