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Born September 29, 1639
Died July 21, 1683 (aged 43) • London • England
Political Affiliation Whig Party
Role In Rye House Plot
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford
Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford
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Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury
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Augustus Keppel
Augustus Keppel
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Thomas, 1st Marquess Wharton
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John Somers, Baron Somers, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1700s; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
John Somers, Baron Somers
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John Russell, 4th duke of Bedford
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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
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John Alden
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Hugh Le Despenser
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Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the elder [1262-1326]
Priscilla Alden
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Sidney Webb
British economist
Beatrice Webb
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Poet John Milton
John Milton
English poet
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
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