Everything about Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl Of Southampton totally explained
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton KG (
10 March,
1607 –
16 May 1667), styled
Lord Wriothesley before
1624, was a
17th century English statesman, a staunch supporter of
Charles II who would rise to the position of
Lord High Treasurer after the
English Restoration. His term as treasurer began concurrently with the assumption of power by the
Clarendon Ministry, but his death would precede
Lord Clarendon's impeachment from the
House of Commons, after which the
Cabal Ministry took over government.
Lord Southampton, having acceded to the earldom in
1624, attended
St. John's College, Cambridge. At first, he sided with the
Parliament supporters upon the subjects leading to the
English Civil War, but upon his realisation of their leaders' violence, he became a loyal supporter of Charles I. While remaining very loyal to the deposed monarch, he still vied for peace, representing the king at several peace conferences (as
Encyclopædia Britannica notes, he attended at least two conferences: one in
1643, and one at
Uxbridge in
1645). He was allowed to live within
England, having paid the
Commonwealth over £6000.
Several months after the Restoration, Lord Southampton was appointed Lord High Treasurer (
8 September 1660), a position in which he'd serve until his death. As the
Encyclopædia Britannica notes, Lord Southampton "was remarkable for his freedom from any taint of corruption and for his efforts in the interests of economy and financial order," a noble if not completely objective view of his work as the keeper of the nation's finances.
Lord Southampton's name lives on in
London; both
Southampton Row and
Southampton Street,
Holborn are named after him.
Family
He was the only surviving son of
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton and his wife
Elizabeth Vernon.
He married three times and had three daughters, two of whom survived infancy. Upon his death in 1667, the eldest daughter of his first marriage,
Rachel Wriothesley, received all of her father's property; the property would eventually pass to the
Dukes of Bedford.
His second marriage was to
Lady Elizabeth Leigh, daughter of
Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester from whom he inherited the title
Earl of Chichester on Leigh's death. Their only child,
Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley would marry
Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland.
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