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Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford |
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Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641)English politician. He was originally an opponent of Charles I, but from 1628 he was on the Royalist side. He ruled despotically as Lord Deputy of Ireland 1632-39, when he returned to England as Charles's chief adviser and received an earldom. He was impeached in 1640 by Parliament, abandoned by Charles as a scapegoat, and beheaded. He was knighted in 1611, became Baron in 1628, and created Earl in 1640. |
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