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Son of [[family::Bartelemy Arabin]], a Huguenot refugee who fled France in 1685 and settled in Ireland. He pursued a military career, being appointed [[occupation::captain-lieutenant]] of the Irish Carabiniers in 1733, and [[occupation::lieutenant-colonel]] of the 8th Dragoons in 1745. He saw action in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and later in [[location::Gibraltar]]. He was a freemason, and [[occupation::treasurer]] of the Grand Lodge in [[location::Dublin]]. He built Moyglare House, near [[location::Maynooth]]. | Son of [[family::Bartelemy Arabin]], a Huguenot refugee who fled France in 1685 and settled in Ireland. He pursued a military career, being appointed [[occupation::captain-lieutenant]] of the Irish Carabiniers in 1733, and [[occupation::lieutenant-colonel]] of the 8th Dragoons in 1745. He saw action in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and later in [[location::Gibraltar]]. He was a freemason, and [[occupation::treasurer]] of the Grand Lodge in [[location::Dublin]]. He built Moyglare House, near [[location::Maynooth]]. | ||
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John ARABIN 1703-1757
Biographical Note
Son of Bartelemy Arabin, a Huguenot refugee who fled France in 1685 and settled in Ireland. He pursued a military career, being appointed captain-lieutenant of the Irish Carabiniers in 1733, and lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons in 1745. He saw action in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and later in Gibraltar. He was a freemason, and treasurer of the Grand Lodge in Dublin. He built Moyglare House, near Maynooth.
Books
Arabin used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 634/644); it could alternatively have been used by his son of the same name, also an army officer, who died shortly before his father (1727-57). The extent and disposition of his library are not known; in the 19th century, Arabin descendants acquired an extensive estate at Beach Hill in Essex.
Sources
- John Arabin, Irish Historic Houses.
- Arabin House, House and Heritage.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.