William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan.
military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1675-1726)
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About William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan
General William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, was a British army officer, diplomat and Whig politician. He began his military career during the Williamite War in Ireland in 1689 and ended it with the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715. A close associate and confidant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Cadogan also sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 until 1716, when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Cadogan. A strong supporter of the Hanoverian Succession, Cadogan succeeded Marlborough in 1722 as Master-General of the Ordnance and senior army commander.
Everything about William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan →- Occupation
- diplomat, military personnel, military personnel, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, member of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1675
- Died
- July 17, 1726