The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations . heir to an ample College, Oxford. JOHN HAMPDEN was a pri-vate English gentleman, who,by his firm resistance to theillegal encroachments of theKing, established anew theprinciples of British liberty,and won undying fame. Hewas born in London, in 1594,and was descended from an an-cient family settled at GreatHampden in he was but three yearsold, his fathers death left himAt the age of fifteen he enteredAfter a course of three years atthat university, he commenced the study of law. For some
The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations . heir to an ample College, Oxford. JOHN HAMPDEN was a pri-vate English gentleman, who,by his firm resistance to theillegal encroachments of theKing, established anew theprinciples of British liberty,and won undying fame. Hewas born in London, in 1594,and was descended from an an-cient family settled at GreatHampden in he was but three yearsold, his fathers death left himAt the age of fifteen he enteredAfter a course of three years atthat university, he commenced the study of law. For sometime he indulged himself in the unrestrained course of lifeusual among country gentlemen, till, at length, the seriousaspect of the times, and probably his personal connections,brought him to a greater strictness of conduct. He wascousin-german, on his mothers side, to Oliver Cromwell, andwith him attached himself to the jxarty in opposition to theCourt. In 1619 he married Elizabeth Symcon. In 1621 Hampden entered public life, first representingGrampound in the lat
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