unit was formed and placed under his command. However, he left to take up service in the Army of the Republic of Venice and served in Greece. He then entered the service of the Elector of Saxony. He died shortly afterwards, according to his brother John, from alcoholism. References Bibliography Childs, John. The Williamite War in Ireland, 1688–1691. Continuum, 2007. Hugill, J.A.C. No Peace Without Spain. Kensal Press, 1991. Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 1886. Manning, Roger B. Origins of the British Army 1585–1702. Oxford University Press, 2006. Ostwald, Jamel. Vauban Under Siege: Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession. Brill, 2007. 17th-century Irish people 1660 births 1701 deaths Irish soldiers Irish engineers Williamite military personnel of the Williamite War in Ireland People from County Wexford Soldiers of the Tangier Garrison