Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham

Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham

Infobox Military Person
name= Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
lived= 1641 - 1709
placeofbirth= France
placeofdeath=


caption= Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
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allegiance=England
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rank= Lieutenant-General
branch= English Army
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battles= Glorious Revolution
awards= KG
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Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham, KG, (1641 – 19 April 1709), was a French nobleman who became Earl of Feversham in Stuart England.

Born in France, he was marquis de Blanquefort and sixth son of Guy Aldonce (1605-1665), marquis de Duras and comte de Rozan, from the noble Durfort family. His mother was Elizabeth de la Tour d'Auvergne, sister of Marshal Turenne.

His two brothers Jacques Henri and Guy Aldonce were Marshals of France. He was a Huguenot.

In 1663 he came to England in the suite of James, duke of York, and was naturalized in the same year. On 19 January 1673 he was raised to the English peerage as Baron Duras, of Holdenby, his title being derived from an estate in Northamptonshire bought from the duke of York, and in 1676 he married Mary, daughter and elder co-heiress of Sir George Sondes, created in that year Baron Throwley, Viscount Sondes and Earl of Feversham.

On the death of his father-in-law in 1677, Duras succeeded to his titles under a special remainder. His wife died in 1679. He was appointed by Charles II successively to the command of the third and first troops of Horse Guards, was sent abroad on several important diplomatic missions, and became Master of the Horse (1679) and Lord Chamberlain to the queen (1680). In 1682 he was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber, and was present at the king's deathbed reconciliation with the Roman Church.

Under James II, Feversham became a member of the Privy Council, and in 1685 was given the chief command against the rebels under Monmouth, in which he mainly distinguished himself by his cruelty to the vanquished after the Battle of Sedgemoor. He was rewarded with a knighthood of the Garter and the colonelcy of the first troop of Life Guards, and in 1686 he was appointed to the command of the army assembled by King James on Blackheath to overawe the people.

After the Glorious Revolution, Feversham succeeded in making his peace with William, on the intercession of the queen dowager, at whose instance he received the mastership of the Royal Hospital of St. Catherine near the Tower (1698). He died without issue on April 19 1709 and was buried in the Savoy, in the Strand (London) ; but removed March 21 1740 to Westminster Abbey.

References

* See G. E. Cockayne, "Complete Peerage", and the article in the "Dictionary of National Biography"


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