Henry Wilmot, 1st earl of Rochester

Henry Wilmot, 1st earl of Rochester (baptized October 26, 1613, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England—died February 19, 1658, Sluys, Flanders, Spanish Netherlands [now in Belgium]) was a distinguished Cavalier general during the English Civil Wars, who helped Charles II to escape after the Battle of Worcester. Wilmot’s family was descended from Edward Wilmot of Witney, Oxfordshire, whose son Charles (c. 1570–1643/44), having served with distinction in Ireland during the rebellion at the beginning of the 17th...