. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . ion. His hostilityto Buckingham, due mainly to aristocratic intolerance of an up-start, lost him the favour of Charles I. He was twice imprisonedwithout any just ground, but was each time released at the per-emptory demand of the House of Lords. Owing to his arrogance,his plainness of speech, and his contempt for fashionable appearances,he was disliked at Court, but was made General against the Scots in1638, though he had no martial qualities. Nevertheless he was notan active Royalist, though he subscribed over ;{^5o,ooo to aid theca
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . ion. His hostilityto Buckingham, due mainly to aristocratic intolerance of an up-start, lost him the favour of Charles I. He was twice imprisonedwithout any just ground, but was each time released at the per-emptory demand of the House of Lords. Owing to his arrogance,his plainness of speech, and his contempt for fashionable appearances,he was disliked at Court, but was made General against the Scots in1638, though he had no martial qualities. Nevertheless he was notan active Royalist, though he subscribed over ;{^5o,ooo to aid thecause. In 1642 he went abroad, and died at Padua four years is more distinguished as an art collector than as a man of affairs;the Arundel Marbles take their name from him. He had a genuinelove for artistic things, and his aesthetic taste is sliown by his appre-ciation of Durer, a rare thing in Englishmen of that age. His largecollection of works of art, deposited at Arundel House, entitles himto be considered the forerunner of the English ; f/ii /ir/f /.^-/-J/., \ -\
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