. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . o J >> a w o c , 11 o rt 15O tL, L> .ti o 3 rt &- T^ o rV u i C ^ ._ O u a; K w c ^ 2 >» O a, z cJ c^ rt 3 S < o. w O o wok;owo 00 •* O S B< ALGERNON PERCY TENTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND (1602 16681 son of Henry, ninth Earl, was educated at St. Johns College,Cambridge, and succeeded his father in 1632. He commanded the twoShip-money fleets (1636 and 1637) and was made Lord High Admiralin 1638, but was unable to do anj-thing to remed} the disorders whichwere rampant in the Navy. He commanded the forces South ofTrent in
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . o J >> a w o c , 11 o rt 15O tL, L> .ti o 3 rt &- T^ o rV u i C ^ ._ O u a; K w c ^ 2 >» O a, z cJ c^ rt 3 S < o. w O o wok;owo 00 •* O S B< ALGERNON PERCY TENTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND (1602 16681 son of Henry, ninth Earl, was educated at St. Johns College,Cambridge, and succeeded his father in 1632. He commanded the twoShip-money fleets (1636 and 1637) and was made Lord High Admiralin 1638, but was unable to do anj-thing to remed} the disorders whichwere rampant in the Navy. He commanded the forces South ofTrent in the first Bishops War, 1639, and the whole army in thesecond Bishops War, 1640, but his health obliged him to quit the the Short Parliament, and at the opening of the Long Parhament,he represented moderation and conciliation, but gradually went overto the Opposition ; and the Commons, who were thankful to havecaught so big a fish, loaded him with praise and with offices which itdid not need much active energy to execute. On every occasion oftreaties for peace, at Colnbrook, at Oxford, at Uxbridge, and atNewport, Northumberland was spokesman of Parliament to theKing. Thou
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