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Algernon Sidney or Sydney (15 January 1623 – 7 December 1683) was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel. A member of the middle part of the Long Parliament and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England , he opposed the king's execution.
Apr 8, 2024 · Algernon Sidney (born 1622, Penshurst Place, Kent, England—died December 7, 1683, London) was an English Whig politician executed for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government of King Charles II (ruled 1660–85). His guilt was never conclusively proved, and Whig tradition regarded him as a great republican martyr.
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Jan 1, 2009 · A hero to American proponents of free speech, Algernon Sidney was put to death in 1683 because of his book Discourses Concerning Government that concludes people have a right to revolt against tyrrannical governments. (Painting of Algernon Sydney (1622-1683), via Wikimedia Commons, public domain). At the time of the American Revolution ...
Summary. Algernon Sidney (1623-83) was the author of Discourses concerning Government (1698) and the recently discovered Court Maxims (1996). Although born the son of the second earl of Leicester and, on his mother’s side, the grandson of the ninth earl of Northumberland, Sidney was a republican firebrand. He fought in the English Civil War ...
Jul 4, 2000 · Yet another Sidney revival now seems to be stirring. Jonathan Scott produced the first new biography in a century- -Algernon Sidney and the English Republic, 1623-1677 (1988), followed by Algernon Sidney and The Restoration Crisis, 1677-1683 (1991). John Carswell wrote The Porcupine, The Life of Algernon Sidney (1989).
Algernon Sidney. 1622 – 1683. Algernon Sidney (1622-1683) was a radical English republican political theorist who challenged Filmer’s theory of the divine right of kings. He was executed for treason in 1683. (author) (author)
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May 21, 2018 · Sidney, Algernon. Sidney, Algernon (1622–83). Sidney was a famous Whig martyr and apologist. His brother, the 3rd earl of Leicester, was a strong supporter of the Commonwealth and Sidney fought for Parliament at Marston Moor, where he was wounded. He refused to serve on the court that tried Charles I but joined the Council of State in 1652.
