Biography
Sir John Hurley was a grandson of Sir Maurice Hurley of Knocklong, eldest son of Sir Thomas and Joanna. His father, Sir William, was an M.P. for Kilmallock in 1689 and married Mary Blount.
Of him, a family website states:
"Sir John Hurley, who, in 1714, was arrested in Dublin, on a charge of having raised a body of troops for the Pretender. He made his escape from prison, but of his subsequent career we know nothing. Had a son John. the descendants of this John lived at Drumacoo, near Kinvara, {County Galway} in 1840."
He appears to be the John Hurley who was a recruiter for the Irish Brigades in the early 18th century (p.204) but is confused in the sources with his cousin, Colonel John Hurley.
He was a cousin of Luis Roberto de Lacy (1772–1817), brigadier general of the Spanish Army who fought for Spain in the Peninsular War.
Family tree
Teige Ó hUirthile, lord of Knocklong, County Limerick and Chief of the Name | |____________________________________ | | | | Dermod Tomás Ó hUirthile, fl. 1585. =? =? | | | |_______________ Juliana | | =Edmond Óge de Courcy | | | Randal Maurice Ó hUirthile of Knocklong, fl. 1601-34. | =Racia Thornton (dsp) =Gráinne Ní hÓgáin John, 18th Baron Kingsale | | Sir Thomas O'Hurley =Joanna Brown of Mount Brown, Limerick | _______________________________________________________________________|____________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Sir Maurice, died c. 1683. John Catherine Anne Grace Elinora =? =? =Peirce, Lord Dunboyne =Daniel Ó Maoilriain =Walter Bourke =David Barry | | | | Sir William, fl. 1689. John =Mary Blount =? | | | | Sir John Hurley', fl. 1714. Colonel John Hurley, fl. 1694.
See also
- Diarmaid Ó hUrthuile, Archbishop of Cashel, c. 1530 – 21 June 1584.
- Colonel John Hurley, raparee, fl. 1694.
External links
References
- Irish Pedigrees, pp.221-23, John O'Hart, volume 1, 1892; reprinted 1989.
- Ireland and the Jacobite Cause, 1685-1766:A fatal attachment, p. 204, Éamonn Ó Ciardha, Four Courts Press, 2001, 2004. ISBN 1-85182-805-2.