See also:PERCY See also:KIRKE (c. 1646-1691)
, See also:English soldier, was the son of See also:George See also:Kirke, a See also:court See also:official to See also:Charles I. and Charles II
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In 1666 he obtained his first See also:commission in the See also:Lord See also:Admiral's See also:regiment, and subsequently served in the Blues
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He was with See also:Monmouth at Maestricht (1673), and was See also:present during two See also:campaigns with See also:Turenne on the See also:Rhine
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In 168o he became See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel, and soon afterwards colonel of one of the See also:Tangier regiments (afterwards the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Own Royal See also:Lancaster Regt.) In 1682 Kirke became See also:governor of Tangier, and colonel of the old Tangier regiment (afterwards the See also:Queen's Royal See also:West See also:Surrey)
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He distinguished himself very greatly as governor, though he gave offence by the roughness of his See also:manners and the wildness of his See also:life
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On the evacuation of Tangier " Kirke's See also:Lambs " (so called from their badge) returned to See also:England, and a See also:year later their colonel served as a brigadier in See also:Faversham's See also:army
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After Sedgemoor the rebels were treated with See also:great severity; but the charges so often brought against the " Lambs " are now known to be exaggerated, though the regiment shared to the full in the ruthless See also:hunting down of the fugitives
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It is often stated that it formed See also:Jeffreys's escort in the " Bloody See also:Assize," but this is erroneous
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Brigadier Kirke took a notable See also:part in the Revolution three years later, and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. promoted him
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He commanded at the See also:relief of Derry, and made his last See also:campaign in See also:Flanders in 1691
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He died, a lieutenant-See also:general, at See also:Brussels in See also:October of that year
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