William Cadogan

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William Cadogan was a prominent Anglo-Irish soldier and Whig politician who rose to high command under the Duke of Marlborough and later played a key role in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1715.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish soldier
Whig politician
human
allegiance Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
birthDate 1675-02-28
birthPlace Liscarton, County Meath, Ireland
burialPlace Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Ireland
deathDate 1726-07-17
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Cadogan
father Henry Cadogan
givenName William
honorificTitle PC (Privy Counsellor)
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
Lieutenant-General
monarchServed King George I
King George II
Queen Anne
mother Bridget Waller
name William Cadogan
nobleTitle 1st Earl Cadogan
Baron Cadogan of Reading
Viscount Caversham
notableCommanderOf British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession
Government forces during the Jacobite rising of 1715
notableWork Key role in the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession
Suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715
participatedIn Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Malplaquet
Battle of Oudenarde
Battle of Ramillies
Jacobite rising of 1715
War of the Spanish Succession
positionHeld Ambassador to the Dutch Republic
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (acting/in practice after Marlborough)
Master-General of the Ordnance
Member of Parliament for Reading
Member of Parliament for Woodstock
residence Caversham Park, Oxfordshire
London
servedUnder John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
spouse Margaret Cecilia Munter

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jacobite rising of 1715
governmentCommander
William Cadogan
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