Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations and Formatting
- Introduction: The Problem of Irish Royalism
- 1 Memory and Merit: The Many Incarnations of Lord Inchiquin
- 2 Memory and Catholicism: Lord Taaffe and the Duke of Lorraine Negotiations
- 3 The Crisis of the Church: John Bramhall
- 4 Duty, Faith, and Fraternity: Father Peter Talbot
- 5 Duty, Faith, and Fraternity: Thomas, Richard, and Gilbert Talbot
- 6 Honour, Dishonour, and Court Culture: Lord Taaffe
- 7 Information, Access, and Court Culture: Daniel O'Neill
- 8 ‘Patron of Us All’: The Marquis of Ormond
- Conclusions: Deliverance and Debts: The Legacy of Exile
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - ‘Patron of Us All’: The Marquis of Ormond
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations and Formatting
- Introduction: The Problem of Irish Royalism
- 1 Memory and Merit: The Many Incarnations of Lord Inchiquin
- 2 Memory and Catholicism: Lord Taaffe and the Duke of Lorraine Negotiations
- 3 The Crisis of the Church: John Bramhall
- 4 Duty, Faith, and Fraternity: Father Peter Talbot
- 5 Duty, Faith, and Fraternity: Thomas, Richard, and Gilbert Talbot
- 6 Honour, Dishonour, and Court Culture: Lord Taaffe
- 7 Information, Access, and Court Culture: Daniel O'Neill
- 8 ‘Patron of Us All’: The Marquis of Ormond
- Conclusions: Deliverance and Debts: The Legacy of Exile
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Say, all you younger Sons of Honor, say, / You that in peace appear so brisk, and gay,
Is it a little thing to forfeit All / At Loyalties tremendous Call?
And stand with resolution in defence / Of a despis'd calamitous Prince,
To fight against our Stars, and to defie / The last efforts of prosperous Villany,
And when the Hurricane of the State grew high, / To brave the Thunder, and the Lightning scorn,
The beauteous Fabrick into pieces torn; / Imprisonment, and Exile to disdain
For a neglected Sovereign? / Still to espouse a crazy tottering Crown.
This mighty ORMOND was thy Own, / This Glory thou deserv'dst to have,
This bravery thou hast carried with thee to thy Grave.
Stanza II of On the Death of the Right Honorable the Duke of Ormond: A Pindarique Ode by Thomas Flatman (London, 1688)In August 1688, Thomas Flatman – poet, painter and general man of letters – published a Pindaric ode in tribute to the recently deceased Duke of Ormond. Casting a wide glance over the Duke's career, Flatman praised his subject's political longevity, steadfast support of the Church, and unwavering loyalty to the Crown. Central to the poet's reflections upon Ormond's enduring qualities was the ‘disdain’ shown by the then-Marquis in serving his ‘neglected Sovereign’ during the ‘Thunder …
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- The King's IrishmenThe Irish in the Exiled Court of Charles II, 1649-1660, pp. 237 - 294Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014