Jacob Richards was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century known for his service with the English Army.
In the War of the Two Kings in Ireland he fought for William III against the Jacobite Irish Army of James II.
[3] In 1692, following the Treaty of Limerick, which ended the Irish War, much of his force was redeployed to Flanders where William was leading an Allied Army against the French.
The eldest, also called Jacob, served as part of the Tangier Garrison and later with William of Orange in Flanders.
In 1703 during the War of the Spanish Succession he was commissioned into the Portuguese Army allied to Britain.