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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford: ''Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in an Armour'', 1639, by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
 
 
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Name: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Variant Name: Thomas Wentworth
Birth Date: April 13, 1593
Death Date: May 12, 1641
Place of Birth: England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician

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Biography of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
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The English statesman Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), was lord deputy of Ireland from 1632 to 1640. In Ireland he autocratically enforced, with his hated policy of "Thorough," the King's rule and the King's peace. Later he became...


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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 – May 12, 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He was born in London, the son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse,...


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Renaissance Quarterly
The Political World of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford: 1621-1641.(Review)
12/22/1998: 568 words, approx. 2 pages
J.F. Merritt, ed. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xiv + 293 pp. $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-56041-1. This handsomely-produced volume is a valuable contribution to various debates surrounding English and Irish politics in the 1620s and 1630s. Selected essays originated in...
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History Review
The Political World of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford: 1621-1641. (book reviews)
03/01/1997: 829 words, approx. 3 pages
J F Merritt (editor) Cambridge University Press 293 pp., 35.00 [pounds sterling] **** 'Stone dead hath no fellow'. So on 12 May 1641 the earl of Strafford was executed. That should have been that. But, a source of conflict in life, Black...
 


 

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