Miles de Courcy
Irish Jacobite politician
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Miles de Courcy (died c.1720) was an Irish Jacobite politician.
Preceded bySt. John Broderick
Randolph Clayton
Randolph Clayton
Succeeded byEdward Southwell Sr.
Jonas Stawell
Jonas Stawell
Diedc. 1720
Miles de Courcy | |
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| Member of the [[Irish House of Commons Parliament]] for Kinsale | |
| In office 1689–1689 | |
| Preceded by | St. John Broderick Randolph Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Edward Southwell Sr. Jonas Stawell |
| Personal details | |
| Died | c. 1720 |
| Party | Jacobite |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Sadleir |
| Children | Gerald de Courcy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Ireland (Jacobite) |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Boiseleau's Regiment of Foot |
De Courcy was the son of Patrick de Courcy, 13th Baron Kingsale and Mary FitzGerald. A burgess of Kinsale from 1687, in 1689 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kinsale in the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England.[1] During the Williamite War in Ireland, he was a captain in Boiseleau's Regiment of Foot.[2] De Courcy was subsequently attainted, but he was restored to his estates under the Articles of Limerick.
He married Elizabeth Sadleir; their son, Gerald, inherited the title of his cousin, Almeric de Courcy, 23rd Baron Kingsale, in 1720.[3]