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John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper

English statesman
Also known as: John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper of Thoresway, John Culpepper, 1st Baron Culpepper of Thoresway(Show More)
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John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper (died June 11, 1660) was an English statesman who was an influential counsellor of Charles I during the Civil War and of Charles II in exile. Elected member for Kent in the Long Parliament, he took the popular side, supporting the Earl of Strafford’s attainder and receiving an appointment to the Parliamentary committee of defense in 1641. He separated, however, from the popular party on the church question, opposing the...

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