Victim
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
- Born
- 19 October 1610
- Died
- 21 July 1688, aged about 78
- Record
- Wikidata Q948569 · Wikipedia
Victim in Colonel Blood and the Crown Jewels
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, target of Blood's 1663 plot and of his December 1670 kidnapping attempt.
1671 · Tower of London · Convicted
In 1671 Thomas Blood flattened King Charles II's crown with a mallet and ran for the Tower gate. He was caught, then pardoned and given an Irish estate. Read the case.
Dated events
Blood's plot to seize Dublin Castle and the Duke of Ormond is betrayed; he escapes.
Blood's gang drags Ormond from his coach in St James's Street; Ormond escapes.