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April 13, 1593, London. May 12, 1641, London (aged 48) 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.
Coat of arms of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG (13 April 1593 (N.S.) – 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. From 1632 to 1640 he was Lord Deputy of ...
Mar 17, 2015 · The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 17 Oct 2024. Thomas Wentworth, the Earl of Strafford, was one of the main advisors to Charles I. Strafford became a devout supporter of Charles and was seen by Parliament, along with Archbishop Laud, as being the epitome of what was wrong in Stuart England. Wentworth paid the ultimate price for his ...
Order of the Garter. 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 12, 2010 · On this date in 1641, the doomed English monarch Charles I regretfully sacrificed one of his ablest ministers to the headsman. Thomas Wentworth and loyal doggie, painted c. 1639 by Anthony van Dyck. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford had cut his teeth in Parliament in the 1620s as an advocate of the rights of the Commons as against those of ...
May 29, 2018 · Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of (1593–1641). Wentworth made his name as a champion of constitutional rule by opposing the forced loan of 1626. However, in the 1628 Parliament he suggested the compromise which culminated in Charles I's acceptance of the petition of right. This opened the way to a career in government, and in 1633 the ...
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On 16 Oct. 1695 Thomas’s first cousin once removed William Wentworth, 2nd earl of Strafford, died without any direct male heirs, and Thomas found himself the closest living relation, through the male line, of the deceased Strafford (as both Thomas’s father and elder brother had themselves died within the previous few years).3 But Thomas did ...
