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Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel (Irish: ''Saorbhreathach Mac Cárthaigh''; died 1 July 1694) was a Jacobite general in the Williamite War in Ireland, and a personal friend of James II. ==Background== McCarthy was the younger son of Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, from the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty who had lands in County Desmond. His mother was Lady Eleanor Butler, sister of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde.〔Cokayne ''The Complete Peerage'' Reprinted Gloucester 2000 Vol.II, p. 163〕The family had had their property confiscated under the Cromwellian regime, but restored at the Restoration of Charles II . Justin McCarthy was made Viscount Mountcashel with the subsidiary title of Baron Castleinch on 1 May 1689 and became a Lieutenant-General.〔Webb, Alfred 1878 ''A Compendium of Irish Biography'' M. H. Gill and Co. Dublin p.304〕 Justin was born about 1643, and seems to have grown up mainly in France. He became a professional soldier, and showed great skill, but poor eyesight hampered his career. He entered the French army in 1671, and then transferred to the Duke of Monmouth's regiment, then in French pay, and served against the Dutch.〔''Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society'' Vol. XIII Second Series 1907 p.157 〕 He came to England in 1678 and was befriended by the future James II, who generally chose soldiers, especially Irish soldiers, as his boon companions. Charles II decided to use him for service in Ireland, and made him a colonel in Sir Thomas Dongan's regiment. On the outbreak of the Popish Plot, however, the discovery of MacCarthy's presence at Whitehall caused uproar: he fled the country, and the Secretary of State, Sir Joseph Williamson, who had issued his commission, was sent to the Tower of London. 〔Kenyon, J. P. ''The Popish Plot'' 2nd edition Phoenix Press 2000 p. 117〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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