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Born c.1603
Died June 15, 1671
Political Affiliation Cavalier
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Godwine
earl of Wessex
Kenelm Digby, 19th-century engraving after a painting by Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1635.
Sir Kenelm Digby
English philosopher and diplomat
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Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon
English statesman
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George Digby, 2nd earl of Bristol
English statesman
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John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper
English statesman
duke of Monmouth
James Scott, duke of Monmouth
English noble
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Ralph Montagu, 1st duke of Montagu
English noble
Henrietta Maria
Henrietta Maria
queen consort of England
Painting of Oliver Cromwell in black armor with a white sash, standing outdoors as a young attendant in red helps adjust his armor.
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
William Laud
William Laud
archbishop of Canterbury
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford
English noble
George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, undated engraving.
George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham
English statesman
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Henry Wilmot Richmond, 1st Earl of Richmond
English nobleman
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Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
English statesman
Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke of
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
English courtier
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Henrietta Anne Of England
English aristocrat
Sir Henry Vane the Elder
Sir Henry Vane, the Elder
English statesman
Earl of Craven, detail of a portrait; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Craven, earl of Craven
English courtier
John Bradshaw
John Bradshaw
English jurist
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, William Cavendish, 1st duke of
William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
English commander