William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan


The Earl Cadogan

Lord Cadogan by Louis Laguerre
Born1672
Liscarton, County Meath, Ireland
Died17 July 1726 (aged 53–54)
Kensington, London, England
Buried
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1689–1726
RankLieutenant-General
Unit1st 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.