Feversham, Louis de Durfort, 2nd earl of, Viscount Sondes Of Lees Court, Baron Duras Of Holdenby, Baron Of Throwley, Marquis De Blanquefort

Feversham, Louis de Durfort, 2nd earl of, Viscount Sondes Of Lees Court, Baron Duras Of Holdenby, Baron Of Throwley, Marquis De Blanquefort

▪ British military officer
born 1641, France
died April 28, 1709

      French-born soldier who played a notable role in military and diplomatic affairs in England under Charles II and James II.

      Durfort (known as the marquis de Blanquefort in France) met James, then duke of York, in 1650 and went to England in 1665, where he was naturalized and created Baron Duras and where he acted as a royal adviser. In 1677, by special remainder, he succeeded to his father-in-law's earldom of Feversham.

      On James II's accession (1685) he was made colonel of the first troop of horse guards and, on the news of the duke of Monmouth's rising, commander of the royal forces in the west. He defeated the rebels at Sedgemoor (July 6, 1685). He remained in high favour but was a firm Protestant and was never associated with the pro-Catholic policies that lost James his throne. In the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) he took command in the west against William of Orange (William III) but was given no opportunity to fight a campaign, partly because he encouraged James to build political support in London prior to military action. He refused to take oaths to the new king, but he would not intrigue on behalf of the exiled James. He lived out his life in retirement.

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