. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . Worcester he alsotook part, again barely avoiding capture; but his championship ofdissent alienated the confidence of Hyde, and finding exile weari-some and unprofitable, he returned to England in 1657. By virtueof his great personal beauty he carried out his plan of marryingFairfaxs daughter Mary, but in spite of his father-in-laws pro-tection he was sent to the Tower and only liberated shortly beforethe Restoration. Charles II showered favours upon him and he soonappeared as an enemy of Lord Chancellor Clarendon. In 1667 he wastemp
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . Worcester he alsotook part, again barely avoiding capture; but his championship ofdissent alienated the confidence of Hyde, and finding exile weari-some and unprofitable, he returned to England in 1657. By virtueof his great personal beauty he carried out his plan of marryingFairfaxs daughter Mary, but in spite of his father-in-laws pro-tection he was sent to the Tower and only liberated shortly beforethe Restoration. Charles II showered favours upon him and he soonappeared as an enemy of Lord Chancellor Clarendon. In 1667 he wastemporarily disgraced and imprisoned, but on his release he succeededin contributing to the overthrow of his old enemy and, though holdingonly the office of Master of the Horse, obtained much influence inthe Cabal. He at once took up the cause of the dissenters and wasone of the instigators of the Declaration of Indulgence, though hehimself had no religion and scandalized his pious supporters by theflagrant immorality of his life. His power in the Cabinet was. GEORGE VI[.:RS. SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMFiom the portrait hy Sir Peter Lcly in tlic Nalional Portrait Gallery Fact p. 198 GEORGE VILLIERS 199 gradual!} undermined by the faction headed by Arlington. Beingkept in ignorance of the treaty of Dover, Buckingham was constantlyhoodwinked by the King as to foreign affairs, and was made respon-sible for a policy of which he did not see the drift. Finally he wasattacked in the Commons for abetting popery and despotism, andhis removal was demanded, in spite of his vigorous denunciationof Arlington, on whom he with some justice threw the dismissed him with joy, but Buckingham sought his revengeby becoming the ally of Shaftesbury. Incidentally he becamea reformed character, paid some of his debts and was even seenin church with his wife. Until the introduction of the ExclusionBill he had an active share in all the intrigues of the Opposition, butin 1680 he slowly withdr
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