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 CUTTS. 445 to wounded at tho siege of Limerick, and was, in reward thereof, on 12 Dec. 1690, ci: BARON CUTTS OF GOWRAN, eo. Kilkenny [I.] He was wounded at Steinkirk, being theu Brig.-General; was one of Brest expedition, in 1G94, where he was wounded ; was in Oct. 1694 made Col. of the Coldstream Guards; acquired the nickname of " the Salamander " from his brave conduct at the siege of Namur, (surrendered 26 Aug. 1695) the first check received by France during the war ; was in 1696 Capt. of the Body Guard ; accompanied Marlborough to Holland in 1701, and captured Fort St. Michel (an outwork of the fortress of Venloo) IS Sep. 1702, as Major-Geueral ; was Lieut-Gen. in 1703 and was third in command at Blenheim, 2 Aug. 1704, his last military achievement. He was i£J?> for co. Cambridge, in 5 parls., 1689 — 1701, and for Newport, Isle of Wight, 1701-06, having been from 1693 Gov. of the Isle of Wight. In 1705 he arrived in Ireland as Commander-in-chief and was one of the Lords Justices of that Kingdom. He m. firstly, lie. at Fac. off., IS Dec. 1690, Elizabeth, widow of John I'BEVOB of Plas Teg, co. Flint, relict formerly of William Mouley of Glynde, co. Sussex, da. and b. of George Clark, Merchant of London. She d. ]fl Feb. 1692/2, whereby her jointure of £2,500 a year ceased. He m. Becondly, Jan. 1606/7, Elizabeth, da. and U. expectant of Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Bart., of Whaddon, co. Cambridge, by his 1st wife Philadelphia, da. of Sir George Downixci, Bart. She who possessed £1,400 a year-, d. in child-bed, Nov. 1697- Admon. 13 Dec. 1697. He d. s.p. and somewhat suddenly 26 Jan. 1707 in Dublin and was bur. in Christ Church Cathedral there, when his peerage became extinct.!?) Will dat. 26 July 1701, pr. 4 Feb. 1706-7. ( b ) Bp. Burnet's character of him when " towards 50 " with Sioift's remarks thereon in italics, is as follows. " Has abundance of wit, but too much seized with vanity and self-conceit ; he is affable, familiar and very brave. — The vainest old fool alive" Swift also wrote a scurrilous lampoon on him entitled " Ode to a Salamander," Lord Cutts was himself a writer of verses. His undoubted courage made him highly esteemed by William III, who besides makiug Uim " a grant of lauds belonging to the Jesuits in certain counties," bestowed on him the important estate of Durford in Hartiug, eo. Sussex, forfeited by John Caryll (as far as his life interest) but redeemed by Caryll's nephew for £6,000 (or £S,000) paid to Lord Cutts. See H. D. Gordon's "History of Harting," 1877.