Dominic Sheldon
English army officer
Dominic Sheldon, often written as Dominick Sheldon, was an English soldier. A leading Jacobite he served in James II's Irish Army during the Williamite War between 1689 and 1691. He was a noted cavalry commander, present at the Battle of the Boyne and Battle of Aughrim. Later after going into exile, he rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the French Army. He was also remained a prominent courtier at the Jacobite court in exile at Saint Germain.
Early career
Sheldon was a Roman Catholic from Warwickshire and a Tory supporter of James II. His brother Ralph Sheldon served as an equerry to the King. He fought with an English Regiment of the French Army during the 1670s, but after 1678 he was unemployed for seven years.
In 1685 he was commissioned into the Royal Irish Army by the Earl of Tyrconnell, as part of an attempt to purge Protestants and replace them with Catholic supporters of the King. He was commissioned as a captain in the Irish Foot Guards.
Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England, he continued to serve with the mainly Catholic forces still loyal to James in Ireland.
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