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Earl of Rochester. Notorious libertine John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester by Jacob Huysmans. Earl of Rochester was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1652 in favour of the Royalist soldier Henry Wilmot, 2nd Viscount Wilmot.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court, who reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era.
Apr 4, 2024 · John Wilmot, 2nd earl of Rochester (born April 1, 1647, Ditchley Manor House, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died July 26, 1680, Woodstock, Eng.) was a court wit and poet who helped establish English satiric poetry. Wilmot succeeded his father to the earldom in 1658, and he received his M.A. at Oxford in 1661.
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John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester and Baron of Adderbury in England, Viscount Athlone in Ireland, infamous in his time for his life and works and admired for his deathbed performance, was the cynosure of the libertine wits of Restoration England. He was anathematized as evil incarnate and simultaneously adored for his seraphic presence ...
Jun 17, 2020 · His colourful private (and public) life at the court of King Charles II was dramatised in the film The Libertine, where Rochester was played by Johnny Depp. But what of Wilmot’s poems? Below we introduce ten of the Earl of Rochester’s best. Warning: these poems contain language and sexual content. Thou hast been warned!
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, a leading wit at Charles II’s court during the Restoration era, was born on April 1, 1647, at Ditchley Manor House in Oxfordshire, England, to Henry, Lord Wilmot, and his wife Anne St. John. Wilmot created the position of Earl of Rochester in 1652, a year after helping Charles II escape to France when the ...
John Wilmot Earl of Rochester B. 1647 D. 1680. Man differs more from man than man from beast.
