Thomas Wentworth, first earl of Strafford

(1593-1641)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641 NRA: Wentworth Thomas (1593-1641) 1st Earl of Strafford statesman DNB: Wentworth, Thomas, first earl of Strafford (1593-1641), lord lieutenant of Ireland LBT ID: LdStraf1 VIAF ID: 72190523 LOC ID: n50082741	B/BAP: 1593-04-13 DIED: 1641-05-12
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English statesman; a favorite of Charles I, he was lord deputy of Ireland (1632) before he was impeached and executed on Tower Hill, 11 May 1641.
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