Name William Nugent | ||
William Nugent (died 1690) was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century.
An Irish Catholic, he was a Jacobite supporter of James II. The King appointed him Lord Lieutenant of County Longford. He also served as a Brigadier in the Irish Army. In February 1690 he was fatally wounded during the Battle of Cavan, a Jacobite defeat fought near the town of Cavan in southern Ulster.
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