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 CLARE 253 IV. 1 69 1. 4. Daniel O'Brien, who but for the attainder, was Viscount Clare, &c. [I.], and who was so styled, s. and h., was a page to the French King in 1 680/1. He was v.p. in com- mand of a regt., which, on 7 Apr. 1690, he conveyed to France, where James II formed it into a portion of "the old (Mountcashel's) brigade." At the head of this he was mortally wounded at the victory of Marsaglia (gained by the French under Catinat over the Imperialists under Prince Eugene), 4 Oct. 1693, and ^/. unm. shortly afterwards at Pignerol. V. 1693. 5. Charles O'Brien, who, but for the attainder, was Viscount Clare, isfc. [I.], and who was so styled, br. and h. He and his wife (^) accompanied the Queen Consort, Dec. 1688, in her flight from London to France. He was outlawed before 1699. He was in command of a French Brigade regt., styled the Queen's dismounted Dragoons, at the head of which he greatly distin- guished himself at the battle of Marsaglia (1693), in Spain (1695), in Italy (1696), at both the battles of Blenheim (1703 and 1704), and finally (1706) at Ramillies, where he was mortally wounded. He /«., 9 Jan. 1696/7, at St. Germain-en-Laye,('') Charlotte, ist da. of the Hon. Henry Bulkeley, Master of the Household to Charles II and James II (4th s. of Thomas, ist Viscount Bulkeley of Cashel [I.]), by Sophia, da. and coh. of the Hon. Walter Stuart, 3rd s. of Walter (Stuart), ist Lord Blantyre [S.]. He d. 23 May 1 706 of his wounds, at Brussels, and was ifur. in the Irish Monastery there. His widow m., 19 July 1 712, at St. Germain-en-Laye, as his 2nd wife, Daniel Mahoney, an Irishman, who distinguished himself at the siege of Cremona in the service of Philip V, and became Lieut. Gen., a Count, and Viceroy of Sicily. He d. 29 Oct. I753.('') The date of her death does not appear to be cer- tainly known. ("*) VI. 1706. 6. Charles O'Brien, who, but for the attainder, was Viscount Clare, <yc. [I.], and (after 20 Apr. 1741) (^) It is presumed that they are the "Lord and Lady O'Brien Clare" referred to by Miss Strickland in her life of Mary of Modena, p. 270. C") He received, in consideration of this marriage, a promise of ^^2,000 from James II, and of ^^1,000 from his Queen, to be paid within six months of their Restoration. V.G. ('^) Saint-Simon, Memolres, Grands Ecrivains de la France, edit. A. de Boislisle, vol. XV, p. 70, note 8. {ex inform. David C. Herries). V.G. ('') In Tixon' sfacques II. . . et les Jacobites a Saint Germain-en-Laye, pp. 119, 120, it is stated that, "Vers la fin de sa vie elle avait fixe sa demeure a Paris dans I'enclos des Petites Maisons, on y deposa ses testes dans I'hopital de la chapelle, avec une epitaphe . . . ou il est dit qu'elle fut plus illustre par ses vertus que par son rang et sa naissance." {ex inform. David C. Herries). V.G.