English antiquary, was born at Littlefield Green in the parish of White Waltham, Berkshire.
Artist: Peter Tillemans
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Category Archives: English
William Laud 1573-1645 Archbishop of Canterbury
Laud prospered under the patronage of the Duke of Buckingham and was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. He supported the political and religious policies of Charles I and carried out Strafford’s policy of ‘Thorough’ in ecclesiastical affairs, working for uniformity of doctrine and practice. His attempt to impose uniformity on the church provoked armed resistance in Scotland. Parliament impeached and imprisoned him in 1640-1 and he was beheaded in 1645.
Artist: Sir Anthony Van Dyck
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Martin Folkes 1690-1754
The mathematician and antiquary Folkes was elected to the Royal Society at the age of 23, and later served as its President from 1741-53. He is known for cataloguing the historic gold and silver coins of England.
Artist: Thomas Hudson
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Benjamin Hoadly 1676-1761
Benjamin Hoadly (14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester. He is best known as the initiator of the Bangorian Controversy.
Artist: Nathaniel Hone
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Francis Atterbury 1662-1732
Bishop of Rochester
Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller
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Thomas Sprat 1635-1713 Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster
Directed Wrens repairs to Westminster Abbey and gave facilities for Dryden’s burial
Artist: Michael Dahl
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Thomas Sherlock 1678-1761 Bishop of London
Took part in Bangorian controversy and fell into disgrace
Artist: Simon Francois Ravenet,
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Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715 Lord Bishop Of Sarum (Salisbury)
Scottish theologian, religious leader. He was an influential bishop who offered confidential advise to William and Mary; wrote “History of His Time,” 1734.
Artist: John Riley
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William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle 1592-1676
Writer, patron and royalist army officer
Artist: Sir Anthony Van Dyck
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford 1676-1745, Prime Minister
Walpole was a Whig statesman but in all but name he was Prime Minister, 1721-42. He came to office in the wake of the South Sea Bubble crisis and built up British prosperity in a long period of peace by his economic reforms. He obtained more power than any previous minister and remained in office for over twenty years, resorting to bribery and patronage to overcome unpopularity. His reign came to an end when he was drawn into an unsuccessful war with Spain, which came to be known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear. He was, however, made Earl of Orford in 1742 after his defeat in the House of Commons.
Artist: Jacobus Houbraken
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