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Peter Lacy

1678 - 1751

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Peter Graf von Lacy (Russian: Пётр Петрович Ласси, romanized: Pyotr Petrovich Lassi; English: Pierce Edmond de Lacy; Irish: Peadar (Piarais Éamonn) de Lása; 26 September 1678 – 30 April 1751) was an Irish-born soldier who later served in the Imperial Russian army. Considered one of the most successful Russian Imperial commanders before Rumyantsev and Suvorov, in a military career that spanned half a century he claimed to have participated in 31 campaigns, 18 battles, and 18 sieges. He died on his private estate in Riga, where he served as governor for many years. One of his sons was Count Franz Moritz von Lacy, who went on to serve in the Imperial Habsburg Army, while his nephew George Browne (1698–1792) was also a general in the Russian army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Lacy is the 922nd most popular military personnel (down from 768th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 72nd in 2019) and the most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Peter Lacy ranks 922 out of 2,058. Before him are Alphonse Juin, Michael Lippert, Won Gyun, Heinrich Eberbach, Joseph Stilwell, and Georg von der Marwitz. After him are Sergey Biryuzov, Otto Wöhler, George B. McClellan, Esmail Ghaani, Fritz von Below, and Karl Frenzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1678, Peter Lacy ranks 9. Before him are Yongzheng Emperor, Amaro Pargo, Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Filippo Juvarra, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Jakob Hermann, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, and Abraham Darby I. Among people deceased in 1751, Peter Lacy ranks 13. Before him are Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Leonard of Port Maurice, Christopher Polhem, and Nicola Salvi. After him are Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Robert Maynard, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, and Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Peter Lacy ranks 106 out of 549. Before him are Christy Brown (1932), Andrew Graham (1815), Pierce Butler (1744), Edward England (1685), Saint Kilian (640), and James Hoban (1762). After him are Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Sheamus (1978), Douglas Hyde (1860), and Eliza Lynch (1833).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, Peter Lacy ranks 1. After him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Richard Montgomery (1738), William Brown (1777), George Browne (1698), John de Robeck (1862), Alan Cunningham (1887), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).

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