Sunderland, Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of, Baron Spencer Of Wormleighton
- Sunderland, Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of, Baron Spencer Of Wormleighton
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▪ English Cavalier
baptized November 23, 1620
died September 20, 1643, Newberry, Somerset, England
English Cavalier during the English Civil Wars.
Born to great wealth, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (M.A., 1636), and succeeded his father as Baron Spencer in 1636. A firm Royalist, he served as Charles I's negotiator in the early years of the conflict with Parliament—a conflict that evolved into the Civil Wars. On June 8, 1643, he was created Earl of Sunderland. Three months later he was killed at the Battle of Newberry.
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