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 | | STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL OF English statesman, son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, a member of an ancient family long established there, and of Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins of Stowell, Gloucestershire, was born on the 13th of April 1593, in London. |
 | | He was educated at St Johns College, Cambridge, was admitted a student of the Inner Temple in 1607, and in 1611 was knighted and married Margaret, daughter of Francis Clifford, 4th earl of Cumberland. |
 | | The lord deputy of Ireland, wrote Sir Thomas Roe to the queen of Bohemia, doth great wonders and governs like a king, and bath taught that kingdom to show us an example of envy, by having parliaments and knowing wisely how to use them. |
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