Kirke, COLONEL PERCY (c. 1646-91), served three years as an officer in Tangiers. After the battle at Sedgemoor (1685), his men inflicted fearful atrocities upon the unhappy followers of Monmouth and their suspected sympathisers, as to make their nickname, 'Kirke's Lambs,' a byword for cruelty.
Kirke early deserted to William's side, and helped to raise the siege of Londonderry.