Thomas Wentworth First Earl Of Strafford 1593 1641

Author : Elizabeth Cooper
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230301419
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland Volume 1 written by Elizabeth Cooper and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... THE LIFE OF THOMAS WENTWOETH. CHAPTER I. Among all the forms that people the kingdom of the 1593. past, none is more solemn and impressive than that of Thomas Wentworth, first Earl of Strafford. The representative of a long line of noble ancestors, the heir to a broad estate, the possessor of matchless powers of mind, accompanied by the most intense and passionate feelings, and living at a time when, of all others, the utmost scope was afforded for the exercise of intellect, when England called on her sons as she had never called before, he seemed armed by Nature herself for a successful career. Thomas Wentworth was born on Good Friday, on the 13th of April, 1593, in Chancery Lane, London. That he was brought into the world in this obscure neighbourhood, rather than in the home of his ancestors, was owing to the fact of his maternal grandfather, Robert Atkinson, Esq., being a barrister, and 1593. Lady Wentworth on a visit to her father at the time of the birth of her eldest son. His father, Sir William Wentworth, was a gentleman of Yorkshire, who had held his estate of Wentworth Woodhouse from the days of the Saxons; and himself the head of the house of Wentworth, was allied by blood to many noble families, who, springing from the same root, with pride acknowledged him as their chief. The family of Wentworth had always held public offices in England, and among its members, we find a lord chancellor, a bishop, many high sheriffs of the county of York, members of parliament, officers in the army, a master of the king's household, &c. Hitherto the race had lived in rare prosperity, escaping the fearful calamities entailed by the civil wars and the jealousies of different monarchs on the noble houses of England. Even Henry VIIL, certainly...