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- Lieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts, PC (Ire) (1661 – 25 January 1707) was an English Army officer, author, politician and peer.
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Lieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts, PC (Ire) (1661 – 25 January 1707) was an English Army officer, author, politician and peer. John Cutts in battle Early life
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b. c.1661, 2nd s. of Richard Cutts of Arkesden and Matching, Essex by Joan, da. of Sir Richard Everard, 1st Bt., of Much Waltham, Essex. educ. St. Catharine’s Hall, Camb. 1676, LL.D. 1690; M. Temple 1678. m. (1) lic. 18 Dec. 1690 (with £2,500 p.a.), Elizabeth (d. 1693), da. and h. of George Clark of London, merchant, and wid. of William Morley† of ...
Lt.-col. of ft. Henry Sidney’s† regt. in Holland 1688; col. of ft. 1689–94, 2nd Ft. Gds. 1694–d.; gov. I.o.W. 1693–d.; brig.-gen. 1693, maj.-gen. 1696, lt.-gen. 1703; col. of drag. [I] 1704–d.; lt.-gen. of forces in Ire. 1705–d; ld. justice [I] 1705; PC [I] May 1705.2 Freeman, Southampton 1693, Colchester 1702.3
The fortunes of the Cutts family had been made in the 16th century by Sir John Cutts, treasurer of the Household to Henry VIII. The junior branch of the family, from which Cutts was descended, had settled in Essex, where they owned property in Arkesden and Matching, residing principally at the former. The senior branch became extinct in 1670 when t...
Affable, conceited and insanely brave, Sir John Cutts - 1st Baron Cutts of Gowran - was an English poet, adventurer, politician and, above all, a soldier renowned for his courage under fire. He served as a Member of Parliament, Governor of the Isle of Wight, and a friend and companion of England's King William III and...
- Arkesden, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
None of his immediate descendants sat in the Commons, although a distant cousin, and the eventual heir to his estates, John, 1st Lord Cutts of Gowran, represented Cambridgeshire between 1693 and 1702 and Newport, Isle of Wight between 1702 and 1707.
He was governor of the Isle of Wight (1693), colonel of the Coldstream Guards from 1694 to his death, and third-in-command at Blenheim (1704). In 1695 he distinguished himself at the siege of Namur, and in September 1697 he was entrusted by William III with a secret mission to Vienna.
Lieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts, PC (Ire) (1661 – 25 January 1707), was a British soldier and author. Early life. Cutts was born about 1661 at Woodhall, Arkesden, Essex, the second son of Richard Cutte or Cuttes and Joan Everard (daughter of Sir Richard Everard).
Lieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts, PC (Ire) (1661 – 25 January 1707) was an English Army officer, author, politician and peer. John Cutts in battle
