. A short history of England and the British Empire. more readily than a par-liament that was split intohostile factions. There can be no doubtthat Wentworth was .en-tirely in sympathy with thepurposes of Charles andLaud; but he was not pres-ent at court and can havehad little to do with actualadministrative details. Forsome years after 1629 heruled the northern countiesas president of the Council of the North, a local division ofStrafford in the privy council. Later he was sent to Ireland asIreland. jorcj depUty or viceroy, and for six years he gov- erned the island with a strong hand, though
. A short history of England and the British Empire. more readily than a par-liament that was split intohostile factions. There can be no doubtthat Wentworth was .en-tirely in sympathy with thepurposes of Charles andLaud; but he was not pres-ent at court and can havehad little to do with actualadministrative details. Forsome years after 1629 heruled the northern countiesas president of the Council of the North, a local division ofStrafford in the privy council. Later he was sent to Ireland asIreland. jorcj depUty or viceroy, and for six years he gov- erned the island with a strong hand, though in many respectshis rule was intelligent and beneficial. He ruined the Irishwool trade to remove a competitor from the foreign markets;but in return he built up the linen industry, which has sincebeen an important occupation among the Irish, especially inUlster. He kept peace and promoted prosperity among theless wealthy classes, but his methods were arbitrary and 1639 Wentworths career in Ireland closed; he was re- 1 Innes, II, Thomas Wentworth, Earl ofStrafford After a painting by Van Dyck. THE SHORT PARLIAMENT. JOHN PYM 345 called to England and for a year he was the controlling force inthe councils of Charles I. Plans were now being made for a newwar with Scotland, but funds were wanting. Wentworth,who was now Earl Strafford, believed that the English peoplewere favorable to the project and anxious to wipe out the dis-grace of the First Bishops War. Furthermore, a Scotch armyon the border was a continuous menace to the peace The situationof England. He, therefore, with all the other in 1639-members of the privycouncil, urged the kingto call a parliament thatfunds might be providedfor use against thenorthern enemy. Thusafter eleven years, on theunanimous advice ofthe privy council, theking gave up the at-tempt to govern withoutconsulting the nation;the Stuart experimentof government by coun-cil had failed. 314. The Short Par-liament. John Short Pa
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