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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (1591 – 25 March 1667), was an English landowner and Royalist general during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, described by one historian as a "much under-rated field commander".
First English Civil War. 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 ...
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641), English statesman, a major figure in the events leading up to the English Civil War. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (1591–1667), Royalist military leader during the English Civil War.
Wentworth found favour from his near-contemporary Charles I, and perhaps more importantly from George Villiers †, duke of Buckingham, whose close companion he became. On 5 Feb. 1626, at the time of the coronation, Wentworth was raised in the peerage as earl of Cleveland.
Thomas Wentworth, primer conde de Cleveland (1591 - 25 de marzo de 1667), fue un terrateniente inglés y general realista durante las Guerras de los Tres Reinos , descrito por un historiador como un "comandante de campo muy subestimado". [1]
On 5 Feb 1625/6 he was created 1st Earl of Cleveland, but his earldom was in tail male and became extinct on his death on 25 Mar 1667 as his son had died without male heirs. Surprisingly, the Barony was unentailed.
Biography. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 3rd creation: the Earldom was revived for him in 1711 after the title expired in 1695 on the death without issue of his cousin William Wentworth (1st Earl, 2nd creation)Father of William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford. 121 related objects.
