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Strafford

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Straf·ford  (strfrd), First Earl of. Title of Thomas Wentworth. 1593-1641.
English politician who was the principal minister to Charles I. He was convicted of treason by Parliament and was executed.
Strafford [ˈstræfəd]
n
(Biographies / Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of (1593-1641) M, English, POLITICS: statesman) Thomas Wentworth, Earl of. 1593-1641, English statesman. As lord deputy of Ireland (1632-39) and a chief adviser to Charles I, he was a leading proponent of the king's absolutist rule. He was impeached by Parliament and executed


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I thought you were speaking of some man of property: Mr Wentworth was nobody, I remember; quite unconnected; nothing to do with the Strafford family.
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