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Francis Ormond at AllExperts (723 words) |
 | Francis Ormond, pastoralist and philanthropist, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1829, the son of a sea captain. |
| Ormond's father subsequently procured 30,000 acres (120 km²) of pastoral land west of Ballarat around 1848, and at nineteen, Francis became manager of the run. |
| Ormond took great interest, during his lengthy sojourns in Europe, in visiting educational institutions there and examining their methods, in order to see if they provided a model for his institutions back home. |
| James Butler, Marquis of Ormond, 1610-1688 (1084 words) |
| Ormond led the King's forces against the Confederates, defeating his kinsman Lord Mountgarret at the battle of Kilrush in April 1642 and raising the siege of Drogheda. |
| Ormond succeeded in concluding the Second Ormond Peace with the Confederates in January 1649, which promised toleration for Catholics in exchange for troops to fight for the King. |
| Ormond suffered a crushing defeat on 2 August 1649 when Jones attacked his encampment at Rathmines, capturing his artillery and baggage train and shattering the Royalist army. |
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