First Viscount Bolingbroke
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles
- Curriculum: British History, 18th Century European History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: As a Tory politician in Parliament during Queen Anne’s reign, Bolingbroke served as secretary of war and later as northern secretary of state. He defended the Church of England and the aristocracy and played a major role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Utrecht. After 1715, he devoted his ability and energy to opposing Robert Walpole. His political writings were both a part of his opposition and an exposition of his political ideas.
Early Life
Henry St. John, the only son of Sir Henry St. John and Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the...
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