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Sir William St Leger PC (Ire) (1586–1642) was an Anglo-Irish landowner, administrator, and soldier. He fought the Spanish in the Netherlands defending Bergen op Zoom in 1622. He was MP for Cork County in two Irish parliaments. He was Lord President of Munster and fought the insurgents in Munster during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 before dying in 1642.

1586 - July 2, 1642

Source: Wikipedia

Some men of the line regiment who had appeared on our right started running back. I shouted out to them to halt, but they took no notice. I pulled out my revolver and very nearly shot at them, but I thought it wouldn't do any good, as they all had their backs to me so would have thought that anyone hit was hit by a German bullet. If I ran after them my men might think I was running away. So I took my men on!