Robert Devereux, c1596-1601, (1944). Portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), English nobleman, soldier, courtier and favourite of Elizabeth I. Devereux was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. In 1601, he led an abortive coup d'état against the government and was executed for treason. From "British Soldiers', by S. H. F. Johnston. [Collins, London, 1944]

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