TannerRitchie Publishing now has an extensive collection of records arising from and concerning the life of James Butler, 1st duke of Ormonde (public domain image from Wikipedia), an Anglo-Irish statesman, politician and soldier who played a key part in the history of 17th century England and Ireland.Sources concerning Ormonde published by TannerRitchie Publishing:
- Thomas Carte, Life of the Duke of Ormonde (3 vols)
- Thomas Carte - A Collection of Original Letters and Papers Concerning the Affairs of England from the Year 1641 to 1660 found among the Duke of Ormonde's Papers (2 vols)
- The Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, The Earl of Fingall, The Corporations of Waterford, Galway, etc (Historical Manuscripts Commission, Tenth Report, Appendix Part V II) (1 vol)
- Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, K.P., Preserved at Kilkenny Castle, New Series (Historical Manuscripts Commission) (4 vols)
- Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, (18+ vols)
From 1633 Ormonde played a leading role in Irish affairs, leading the royalist defence against the Irish Confederates after 1641, and becoming Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1643, eventually handing over Dublin to the English (and Protestant) Parliamentarians, rather than concede to the Irish (and Catholic) Confederates, in 1647. He fled to Paris in 1648, and became the commander of the exiled Royalist forces and, ironically, of the Confederate forces, who now had common cause with Charles II. When the protestant forces under his command eventually joined Cromwell, Ormonde was left commanding a Catholic force which distrusted him, and which ousted him in 1650, after which he returned to exile in France and Cologne.
At the Restoration (1660) Ormonde was immediately promoted to high office, including steward of the king's household and privy councillor, and was made lord lieutenant of Ireland again in 1661, acting in that role until the accession of James II in 1687.
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