Note 13 — HISTORICAL RECORD
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The Baron De Ghinkel was born in Guelderland: he commenced his military career in early life, and obtained the Order of the Elephant from the Prince of Orange for services in Flanders. He accompanied King William III to Ireland in 1690, and served under Marshal Duke Schomberg, and afterwards under Count Solms: he was appointed to succeed the latter in the chief command of the army in Ireland, and after the termination of the war in 1691, his Majesty conferred on him the honor of the Irish peerage with the title of Earl of Athlone and Viscount Aghrim: he died at Utrecht in 1705.