David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ On the 19th July Luttrell tells us that Lord Galway was again in Portsmouth. About this time he and other officers were appointed to report upon an invention, by “one Wilson, of a vestment, not heavy nor costly, to defend any soldier from a halbert, pike, sword, or baggonet.” ”

“ The Lord Galway is gone to his Majesty for instructions about the descent, on whose return that matter depends.”
But once in the field, he remained there, and was conspicuous at the battle of Landen on the 19th July. Voltaire relates that William had only the hours of the previous night to prepare for action: “They attack him at break of day. They rind him at the head of Ruvigny’s regiment, entirely composed of French gentlemen, whom the fatal revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the dragonnades had compelled both to quit and to hate their native country. ”

“ John Pointer, M.A., makes the following entry in his Chronological History of England:— “1693, April 1 — His Majesty permits 600 French Protestant families, who were come into Switzerland and had implored his protection, to go and settle in Ireland."
Ireland was Lord Galway’s official place of residence, and he liked the country. St. Evremond says that in his letters My Lord Gallway expatiated on the attractions of Dublin, the plentiful crops and the excellence of the fish. ”

“ In a great crowd they would be a hindrance and a nuisance to each other. Considering that the case of the refugees in Switzerland is the most pressing, we have agreed to contemplate the immediate establishment of six hundred of their families. By the help ot the Swiss population we hope to provide for their reaching Frankfort. The King will recommend their case to the Protestant Princes and to the States-General for subsistence until they come to the sea-coast, where his Majesty will provide for their embarkation for Ireland. ”

“ On the 4th January 1692, General Ghinkel was waited upon at his lodgings in London by a deputation of seven members of Parliament, headed by Viscount Castleton and Sir Henry Goodrick, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, bearing the thanks of the House of Commons to him and his officers. ”