The Earl Cadogan | |
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Born | 1672 Liscarton, County Meath, Ireland |
Died | 17 July 1726 (aged 53–54) Kensington, London, England |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1689–1726 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Unit | 1st Regiment of Foot Guards |
Battles / wars |
Lieutenant-General William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, KT, PC (c. 1672 – 17 July 1726) was a British Army officer, diplomat, politician and peer. He began his active military service during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. A close associate and confidant of the Duke of Marlborough, he was also a diplomat and Whig politician who 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 took part in the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion and succeeded Marlborough in 1722 as Master-General of the Ordnance and senior army commander.