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Colonel '''James Porter''' was a Irish politician and supporter of the Catholic [[James II of England|King James II]]. |
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'''James Porter''' was a British politician and supporter of [[James II of England|James II]] who followed him into exile.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward T. Corp|title=A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3oA9axPb_SIC&pg=PA19|accessdate=14 February 2013|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58462-3|page=19}}</ref> He was the [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] and a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Fethard]] in the 1689 [[Patriot Parliament]]. |
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He was a [[Groom of the Bedchamber]] to King James II in 1686. He was elected a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Fethard]] in the 1689 [[Patriot Parliament]] of Ireland summoned by the King. |
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In 1689 he joined the King in exile at St Germains in France and was soon sent on fruitless diplomatic missions to seek support from the French King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] and the Pope. He was later made [[Vice-Chamberlain of the Household]] in France on the accession in 1701 of James III as the ''de jure'' King of England, Scotland and Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward T. Corp|title=A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3oA9axPb_SIC&pg=PA19|accessdate=14 February 2013|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58462-3|page=19}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:21, 23 April 2016
Colonel James Porter was a Irish politician and supporter of the Catholic King James II.
He was a Groom of the Bedchamber to King James II in 1686. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Fethard in the 1689 Patriot Parliament of Ireland summoned by the King.
In 1689 he joined the King in exile at St Germains in France and was soon sent on fruitless diplomatic missions to seek support from the French King Louis XIV and the Pope. He was later made Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in France on the accession in 1701 of James III as the de jure King of England, Scotland and Ireland.[1]
References
- ^ Edward T. Corp (2004). A Court in Exile: The Stuarts in France, 1689-1718. Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-521-58462-3. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
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