Protestant Exiles from France/Book First - Chapter 15 - Delaune
Delaune.
The Irish Delaunes seem to have been descendants of the venerable pastor and physician, the refugee in London. Military service in Ireland led to their settlement in that country. A daughter of Richard Boyle, Archbishop of Tuam from 1638 to 1645, was married to Colonel Henry Delaune, and their son, Rev. Michael Delaune, M.A., born in London, became Archdeacon of Dublin on 26th February 1671, and dying on 3d November 1675, was buried in St. Patrick’s Cathedral; his will was proved in the Prerogative Court, Dublin. Gideon Delaune, Esq., was returned to the Irish House of Commons in 1695 as one of the members for Blessington, in the county of Dublin; his will was proved at Dublin in 1700. A Colonel Delaune was given the command of a regiment to be raised in Ireland in 1708. The next occurrence of the name is in 1746, when the will of Henry Delaune, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines, was proved at Dublin. Lastly, we meet in the Books of the Commissariot of Edinburgh with Colonel Henry Delaune, who died at Dublin on 15th July 1747, and whose sole executrix was his widow, Mrs. Lucy Delaune.