John Ratcliffe (soldier)

Sir John Ratcliffe or Radcliffe (22 February 1582 – 5 November 1627[1]) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1626.

[2] He was knighted 24 September 1599 on the sands by Sir Robert Gardiner's house in Dublin.

[2] From 1606 to 1610 he travelled in France and the Low Countries, and from that period until 1615 he also served as a captain with the Dutch army.

[4] Ratcliffe resumed military service within the English army, being a captain of horse by 1624, and a lieutenant-colonel in 1625.

[1] On 8 September 1627, Ratcliffe was appointed a colonel in an invasion force under the command of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham which attacked the Isle of Rhe in order to relieve the Siege of La Rochelle.