. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . lso to rid himself of a minister whose reiterateddemands for efficiency were embarrassing, Charles in 1632 createdWentworth Lord Deputy of Ireland. There Wentworth set himself tobanish chaos and to establish a neat and orderly bureaucracy irrespec-tive of private or racial interests. The country was to be made pros-perous and well governed, but its prosperity and its government wereto be dictated by English interests. With genuine, if rigid notions ofreform and with complete indifference to the opposition he aroused,Wentworth sought
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . lso to rid himself of a minister whose reiterateddemands for efficiency were embarrassing, Charles in 1632 createdWentworth Lord Deputy of Ireland. There Wentworth set himself tobanish chaos and to establish a neat and orderly bureaucracy irrespec-tive of private or racial interests. The country was to be made pros-perous and well governed, but its prosperity and its government wereto be dictated by English interests. With genuine, if rigid notions ofreform and with complete indifference to the opposition he aroused,Wentworth sought to convert Ireland into another England by plant-ing colonies and issuing proclamations. In some directions he wasmomentarily successful, and his recall in 1639 left the real failure of hissystem the less conspicuous, only because that system was still im-perfect. Nevertheless his period of unfettered rule in Ireland had con-firmed Wentworths behef in the virtue and the necessity of absoluteauthority. When asked for his advice on the Scottish Rebellion, he. THOMAS WENTWORTH, FIRST KARL OK STKAKKOKl) Kroin an old copy of the portrait by Sir Anthony Van Uyck in the National Portrait Gallery I-ac^ p. (/J THOMAS WENTWORTH 91 advocated stern and persistent repression. When Parliament refusedto grant supplies without bargaining for the redress of grievances,Wentworth, who was now Earl of Strafford and Lord Lieutenant ofIreland, counselled its dissolution, and that same morning (Ma}5,1640),during the deliberations on the Scottish War, he hinted that therewas an Irish army which might be used to reduce this these words referred to Scotland or to England must alwaysremain doubtful. The rumour that he meant to coerce Parliament byforce spread rapidly: henceforth Strafford was known as Black TomTyrant. He was ceaselessly active in raising in Yorkshire menand money with which to fight the Scots, but another Parliamentcould not be avoided, and with its meeting an assault upo
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