biography
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Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of
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pronunciation:
[lawderdayl]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1616–82)
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| biography:
| Scottish statesman, born in Lethington, East Lothian, E Scotland, UK. He was an ardent supporter of the Covenanters (1638), and in 1643 became a Scottish Commissioner at Westminster, succeeding his father as second Earl of Lauderdale in 1645. He was taken prisoner at Worcester in 1651, and spent nine years in the Tower, at Windsor, and at Portland. At the Restoration, he became Scottish secretary of state. A member of the Privy Council, he had a seat in the so-called Cabal ministry, and was created a duke in 1672. |
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