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Thomas Wentworth, earl of Cleveland

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Also known as: Thomas Wentworth, 4th Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead, Thomas Wentworth, 4th Lord Le Despenser
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Also called (from 1593):
4th Baron Wentworth of Nettlestead, 4th Lord Le Despenser
Born:
1591
Died:
March 25, 1667 (aged 76)
Political Affiliation:
Cavalier

Thomas Wentworth, earl of Cleveland (born 1591—died March 25, 1667) was a prominent Royalist during the English Civil Wars. The eldest son of Henry Wentworth (whom he succeeded as 4th Baron Wentworth and Lord le Despenser in infancy), he was created earl of Cleveland in 1626 by Charles I. Adhering to the king’s cause in the Parliamentary troubles, he attended his kinsman Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford, at his execution, and afterward Cleveland was a general on the Royalist side in the Civil Wars until he was taken prisoner at the second Battle of Newbury. Cleveland commanded a cavalry ...(100 of 148 words)

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