Percy Kirke (British Army officer)

Not to be confused with his father Percy Kirke, English Army officer.

Lieutenant General Percy Kirke (1684 – 1 January 1741) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot.

Percy Kirke
Born	1684
Died	1 January 1741
Buried	Westminster Abbey
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Battles / wars	War of the Spanish Succession

Military career

Kirke was commissioned as an ensign in Trelawny's Regiment in 1686.^[1] He was taken as a prisoner of war at the Battle of Almansa in April 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession.^[1] He went on to be colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in 1710.^[2] As was usual at the time, this regiment was also named after its current colonel, from one of whom, Percy Kirke, it acquired its nickname Kirke's Lambs.^[3]

Kirke died on 1 January 1741 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.^[4]