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Colonel Richard Grace was an Irish Royalist soldier who fought for Charles I, Charles II and James II. He served in the Royalist Army in Exile during the 1650s.
Richard Grace, copy of 1652 engraving
Royalist Army in Exile
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The Royalist Army in Exile was the army formed by those loyal to Charles II from 1656 to 1660 during his exile from the throne. They were a mixture of Royalist troops from his three Kingdoms. It inclu
Richard Grace
…Colonel Richard Grace (c. 1612–1691) was an Irish Royalist soldier who fought for Charles I, Charles II and James II. He served in the Royalist Army in Exile during the 1650s. Grace, the younger son of Robert Grace, feudal baron of Courtstown, was born in the early part of the 17th century, of a Kilkenny…
Charles II was in Continental exile following his escape from England in 1651. In 1656 his new alliance with Spain raised hopes of a military restoration to his British and Irish thrones.
Charles II's younger brother James, Duke of York commanded the Royalist Army in the field, notably at the Battle of the Dunes.
The Battle of the Dunes by Charles-Philippe Larivière, 1837. The Royalist cause suffered a major setback when the exiled army and their Spanish allies were heavily defeated at the Battle of the Dunes by a combined French-English force featuring New Model Army troops.