Sir George Radcliffe

Sir George Radcliffe (1593 – May, 1657), English politician, son of Nicholas Radcliffe (d. 1599) of Overthorpe, Yorkshire, was educated at Oldham and at University College, Oxford.

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1593 - May - 1657 - English - Politician - 1599 - Yorkshire - Oldham - University College, Oxford

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He attained some measure of success as a barrister, and about 1626 became the confidential adviser of Sir Thomas Wentworth, afterwards earl of Strafford, who was related to his wife, Anne Trappes (d. 1659).

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Barrister - 1626 - Sir Thomas Wentworth - 1659

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Like his master he was imprisoned in 1627 for declining to contribute to a forced loan, but he shared the good, as well as the ill, fortunes of Wentworth, acting as his adviser when he was president of the council of the north.

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When Wentworth was made lord deputy of Ireland, Radcliffe, in January 1633, preceded him to that country, and having been made a member of the Irish privy council he was trusted by the deputy in the fullest possible way, his advice being of the greatest service.

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In 1640, Radcliffe, like Strafford, was arrested and was impeached, but the charges against him were not pressed, and in 1643 he was with Charles I at Oxford. He died at Flushing in May 1657.

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1640 - Charles I

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Radcliffe wrote An essay towards the life of my Lord Strafford, from which the material for the various lives of the statesman has been largely taken.

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See Sir TD Whitaker, Life and Correspondence of Sir G. Radcliffe (1810).

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