Frederic Guillaume de La Rochefoucauld,
Comte de Champagne-Mouton, Earl of Lifford (1666-1749)
son of Frederic Charles de La Rochefoucauld, Comte de Roye et de Roucy
and Elisabeth de Durfort
Born 1666
Died 24 February 1749
He entered the military service in Denmark where he served under his
father, but later followed his parents to England. In 1687 King James II
made him a Guidon in the Horse Guards but he was with William III during
the wars in Ireland. In 1690 he was present at the battle of the Boyne
and in 1693 became Colonel of a Refugee Regiment until it was disbanded
after the peace treaty of Rijswijk.
On 20 September 1694 he, with two of his sisters, took the English
nationality. Apparently, in January 1699, King William III created him
Earl of Lifford and Baron of Clonmell, though no patent was enrolled.
On 1 January 1706 he was appointed Major General. In later years, as
one of the regulars at the court of King George II, he died, 24 February
1749, and was buried in St. James's, Westminster.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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