on 15 september 1691 he was killed by a cannonball at the siege of limerick. he had married twice: firstly lucy, the second daughter of george brydges, 6th baron chandos, with whom he had a daughter, lucy and secondly dorothy, the daughter of patrick allen. he had no heir and thus both titles became extinct. his daughter lucy married thomas wharton, 1st marquess of wharton who it is generally thought wrote the words of liliburlero, and despite his notoriously debauched lifestyle, was a dominant force in english politics from the 1690s to his death in 1715.