biography
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Worcester, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of
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pronunciation:
[wuster]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1601–67)
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| biography:
| English aristocrat, probably born in London, UK. In the Civil War he sided with the king. In 1642 he was made General of South Wales, in 1644 Earl of Glamorgan, and in 1645 was sent to Ireland to raise troops for the king. His mission failed, Charles I disowned him, and he was imprisoned for a short time. In 1646 he succeeded his father, and in 1648 went into exile in France. In 1652, venturing back to England, he was sent to the Tower, but in 1654 was let out on bail, and at the Restoration recovered a portion of his vast estates. Interested in mechanics, he was involved with the early history of the steam engine. |
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