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Encyclopedia > Baron Strafford

The title of Earl of Strafford has been created several times in British history. The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1640 for Lord Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I. In 1641, the 1st Earl was attainted. His son successfully had the attainder reversed in 1662, but died without heirs in 1695. The title was recreated in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1711 for a cousin, but became extinct in 1799. The final creation was in 1847 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 – May 12, 1641) was an English statesman, a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. ... Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his execution. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) was an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime, and punishing them, without benefit of a trial. ... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...


Lord Strafford holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Enfield, of Enfield in the County of Middlesex (1847), and Baron Strafford, of Harmondsworth in the County of Middlesex (1835), both in the Peerage of the UK. 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


The family seat is Apple Tree Cottage, near Winchester, Hampshire. Location within the British Isles Winchester Cathedral as seen from Cathedral Close Arms of Winchester City Council King Arthurs Round Table Winchester is a city in southern England, with a population of around 35,000. ... Hampshire (abbr. ...


Earls of Strafford, First Creation (1640)

Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 – May 12, 1641) was an English statesman, a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. ... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1626–1695) was a member of the United Kingdoms House of Lords. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ...

Earls of Strafford, Second Creation (1711)

  • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739)
  • William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1722-1791)
  • Frederick Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1732-1799)

// Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford KG (1672–15 November 1739), was a diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Events January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Earls of Strafford, Third Creation (1847)


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Denzil Holles, Baron Holles - LoveToKnow 1911 (3256 words)
Writing to Strafford, his brother-in-law, on the 29th of November 1627, he severely censures Buckingham's conduct of the expedition to the Isle of Rhe; " since England was England," he declared, " it received not so dishonourable a blow "; and he joined in the demand for Buckingham's impeachment in 1628.
According to Laud he held out to Strafford hopes of saving his life if he would use his influence with the king to abolish episcopacy, but the earl refused, and Holies advised Charles that Strafford should demand a short respite, of which he would take advantage to procure a commutation of the death sentence.
On the 10th of April 1661 he was created Baron Holles of Ifield in Sussex, and became henceforth one of the leading members of the Upper House.
Ralph Hopton, Baron Hopton - LoveToKnow 1911 (350 words)
RALPH HOPTON HOPTON, Baron (1598-1652), Royalist commander in the English Civil War, was the son of Robert Hopton of Witham, Somerset.
He appears to have been educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, and to have served in the army of the Elector Palatine in the early campaigns of the Thirty Years' War, and in 1624 he was lieutenant-colonel of a regiment raised in England to serve in Mansfeld's army.
In the last action he was severely wounded by the explosion of a powder-wagon and he was soon after shut up in Devizes by Waller, where he defended himself until relieved by the victory of Roundway Down on the 13th of July.
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