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and liavinp; marn'td the daughter of tlje earl of SunTuIk, fhcy 

 laiidtd ii] Ireland on the day when the rebellion in tliat king- 

 dom broke out, viz. Oilohcr 23, 1641. On this occaliou 

 the poll which his fatlicr afTigned him was the defence of the 

 caille of Lifmore, in which he behaved with equal prudence 

 and valour : after the eetHition of the contell betu-een the pro- 

 ttllants a:id popilh parties in' Ireland, he vifited England, and 

 paid his refpects to king Charles I. at Oxford ; to wlioin he 

 conmiuuicattd information concerning the true rtate of Ire- 

 l-ind ; and he returned with a comtniiuon to lord Inchiquin, 

 anil iullrndtions to ntt againll. the rebels, in which fervice he 

 afiillcd that nobleman to the iitmoft of his power ; and he 

 continued his lervicc, as the only means of pionioting the 

 proteltant interell, under the comniiffioners named by parlia- 

 ment, till the king's death. ^Vhen this event took place, 

 he left his country and retired to Marllon in Somcrfetfliire, 

 where he remained for fome time in clofe retirement ; but 

 here he formed a fcheme of crulhug the feas, under a pre- 

 tence ot viiiting the Spaw, on account of his health, and of 

 applying to Charles II. for a commifTion to raife forces in 

 Ireland, tor the relloration of his majefty and the recovery 

 of his own eftates. The conmiittee of Itate, however, were 

 apprized of his defign ; and Cromwell, wilhing to avail him- 

 iclf of his talents and influence, propofed an interview with 

 lum. In this interview he was informed, that the com- 

 mittee of ftateknew the objeft of his leaving the kingdom, and 

 that they had determined to make an e.\ample of him, if he 

 liimfelf had not interpofed and diverted them from their 

 ]i.n-pofe. Lord Broghill, finding that it was vain to dif- 

 femble, and that Cronnvell had copies of feveral letters which 

 his lordfliip had fent to lliofa in whom he had confided, and 

 which he put into his hands, returned Cromwell thanks for 

 his proteftion againft the committee, and folicited inflruftions 

 how he was to a£l in his peculiarly delicate and embarrafled cir- 

 cumliances. Cromwell affured him of the high opinion he en- 

 tertained of his merit and charafter; and, as he had been 

 appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland, he informed him, that 

 he had obtained leave of the committee to offer his lordfliip 

 the command of a general officer, if he would feive in the 

 v.-ar for reducing the country ; pledging himfelf at the fame 

 time, that no oaths or engagements would be impofed upon 

 him, and that he fliould not be obliged to draw his fword 

 againft any but the Irifli rebels. Whilft his lordfliip was 

 hefitating about accepting an offer fo generous and unex- 

 pected, Cromwell urged the neceffity of an immediate re- 

 solution ; as the committee, who were then fitting, deter- 

 mined, if he refufed the offer, to fend him to the Tower. 

 JjOrd Broghill, apprehending dar-'ger both to his liberty and 

 life, and overpowered by the apparent franknefs and genero- 

 fity ot Cromwell's conduft, gave him his word and honour, 

 that he would failhfully ferve him againft tlie Irifii rebels. 

 Accordingly he direfted him to repair immediately to Brif- 

 tol, where he would find a fupply of forces, and a fufficient 

 number of {hips to tranfport him into Ireland. Having ac- 

 cepted Cromwell's commifiion, he ferved under him with 

 great military fl{ill and vigour in his Irifh campaigns. After 

 Cromwell's affumption of the proteftorate, lord Broghill 

 became his conftant companion and confidential counfellor ; 

 and it lias been faid, that he propofed a matrimonial con- 

 neflion between the exiled king, Charles II. whom he had 

 founded upon it, and whom he found not altogether averfe 

 from the projedt, and Frances, the daughter of the protec- 

 tor, who was not inclined to adopt it. It has alfo been faid, 

 that he advifcd Cromwell to reftore the old conftitution, and 

 to affume the title of king. The mcafures he recommended, 

 whihl he enjoyed the confidence of the proteftor, were mild 

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and the nation. In parliament he oppofej and defeated the 

 detellahle meafure, propofed by fome pajty-men, which wai 

 that of a law for decimating the royal party. In J'''0, lord 

 Broghill accepted, on conditions previoufly llipulatcd, a 

 commiffion to govern ticolland for one year with abfolutij 

 authority ; and in the execution of it he gave great fatisfac- 

 tion both to the Scots and to Cromwell. It rtilonnds much 

 to the credit of his lordfliip's judgment, that, notvvithlland- 

 ing the number and influence of his enemies, arid their fre- 

 quent accefs to the protedor, he retained liis confidence to 

 the hift, and poiTfffed fome of the moft dillinguilhed polls 

 under his government, being a general offieer in the army in 

 Ireland, a member of both p.irli<iments, a lord of Oliver's 

 creation, and one of his confidential council. After the 

 death of Ciomuell lie adhered faithfully to his Ion liieh;-.rd, 

 as long as he had .my profo'.ft of maintaining hi* jiower ; 

 but as foon as he had diffolved the pailiament, he tlunifht 

 the government fnbvcrtid, and himftif abfolved from all ob- 

 ligations of attachment to the Cromwell family, conlidered as 

 that of a prince. He, therefore, determined, tor his own 

 fecurity, to withdraw to Ireland, and to aft'umc his com- 

 mand in the province of Munfter. Availing himfelf of the 

 advantages which his fituation aftorded him, he was emi- 

 nently uleful in reftoring and re-ellabh(hiiig the king's au- 

 thority iji Ireland ; and foon after his arrival, he came over 

 to England, and farther ingratiated himfilf with his majcftv, 

 by giving him full information with regard to the ftate of 

 parties in Ireland. For the fervices that were rendered by 

 him on thisoccafion, he was advanced, in 1660, to the dig- 

 nity of earl of Orrery, and appointed one of the lords 

 juftices for Ireland. Having drawn up the aft of fettle- 

 ment for that kingdom, and thus fecured the proteftant 

 intereft, he withdrew in 1662, upon the appointment of 

 the duke of Ormond to the lieutenancy, to his local jurif- 

 diftion in the province of Munfter. In this fituation of 

 iubordinate authority, and comparative retirement, and 

 though he was occafionally afHiiited with paroxyfms of the 

 gout, he took an adive part, when opportunity offered, in 

 public aftairs. He is faid to have had the feals offered him, 

 when he made a vifit to England in iG'j, but he declined 

 accepting them. On his return to Munfter, he found ample 

 employment for his talents during the progrcfs of the Dutch 

 and Fiench war. Befides other fervices of an important 

 nature which he performed, he put the town and hatbour 

 of Kinfale into fuch a ftate of defence, as to relieve the peo- 

 ple amidft their alarms and apprchcnfions, and to render 

 abortive the feheme forfcizing it jjrojefted by the admiral of 

 the French fleet. To him it was owing, that this port be- 

 came afterwards a commodious refuge in time of war, botb 

 for oiu- Eaft and Welt India fleets. Notwithftanding all 

 his iaboms and fervices lor the fafety of the kingdom, an 

 unhappy difpute arofe in 1667 between him and the duke 

 of Ormond ; io that he was deprived of his prefidential power 

 in Mimfter, and a charge of high treafon was preferred 

 againft him in parliament, but it produced no cfieft. He 

 l\ill retained the king's efteem and confidence ; though he 

 was incapable of rendering him any efiential fervice. Ac- 

 cordingly he determined to fpend his latter years in Ireland, 

 and to devote himfelf to literary purfuits, to the improve- 

 ment of his eftates, to the encouragement of manufaftures, 

 and to the fupport of the proteftant intereft. He clofed his 

 life, much refpcdcd by his domeftics and tenants, and ge- 

 nerally efteemed, Oftober 16, 1679. As a ftatefman and 

 foldier the earl of Orrery appeared with fingular advantage ;. 

 but though he was ambitious of obtaining the reputation of 

 a writer, and publifhed a great number of works, in profe 

 and verfe, tragedy, comedy, and romance, &c. none of 



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