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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG (13 April 1593 – 12 May 1641), was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I .
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May 9, 2024 · Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford (born April 13, 1593, London—died May 12, 1641, London) was a leading adviser of England’s King Charles I. His attempt to consolidate the sovereign power of the king led to his impeachment and execution by Parliament.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (of the 2nd creation), KG (baptised 17 September 1672 – 15 November 1739), also known as in Jacobite Peerage as the 1st Duke of Strafford and 3rd Baron Raby from 1695 to 1711, was an English peer, diplomat and statesman who served as First Lord of the Admiralty .
May 29, 2018 · Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of (1593–1641) English minister of Charles I. Strafford became the King's chief adviser after the death of the Duke of Buckingham and proved an extremely capable administrator as Lord President of the North (1628–33) and Lord Deputy of Ireland (1633–39).
Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford, (born April 13, 1593, London, Eng.—died May 12, 1641, London), English politician and leading adviser to Charles I. Although an outspoken member of the opposition, he switched his support to the crown when offered a barony in 1628.
Jun 10, 2021 · Investigations into the career of Sir Thomas Wentworth, first earl of Strafford, essentially consider three core aspects. First, his parliamentary career and whether his concern for upholding the ancient rights of the subject conflicted with his alleged apostacy when the prospect of office seemed achievable.
THOMAS WENTWORTH, first Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), statesman, the eldest son of Sir William Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkinson of Stowell, Gloucestershire, was born on Good Friday, 13 April 1593, at the house of his mother's father, in Chancery Lane, and was baptised at St. Dunstan's-in-the ...
