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John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace

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22: 315: 133: 157:. In March 1688, he was summoned before the Privy Council and questioned about his dealings with William, but was released on account of insufficient evidence. He protested his loyalty to James in person, but the King was unimpressed, saying angrily: "My Lord, this is not the first trick you have played me". Lovelace indignantly replied "I never played a trick on your majesty or anyone else". 188:. However his conduct hardly fitted him for any public office: he was nearly always drunk, and by 1691 was reported to be wandering the streets of London assaulting strangers. In 1692, suffering from the ill effects of a lifetime of alcoholic excess, Lovelace fell down a flight of stairs and received injuries from which he never recovered. He died in 1693 in 103:
in religion, he was also a keen sportsman, and notorious as a heavy drinker and gambler. Due to his gambling debts, and other debts he inherited from his father, he was obliged in the end to sell nearly all his lands, including the main family residence of Hurley. He was called "a man of good natural
204:, of Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, and his wife Catherine Lucas, daughter of Thomas Lucas. They had one son, John, who died in infancy, and three daughters. The peerage passed to his cousin William's son, 160:
He arranged secret meetings in a cellar at Ladye Place, his home in Hurley. Once he heard that William had landed in England, he set out with 70 men to join him, but was captured and imprisoned in
122:, and threatened with prosecution. J.P. Kenyon remarks that a more sensible ruler than James II would have let the matter drop, as a rather tasteless joke with no political overtones. 325: 558: 129:, Lovelace was questioned as to his involvement, but nothing could be proved against him, despite his close political links to some of the alleged plotters. 548: 473: 352: 543: 538: 91:, and sat in the Commons until 1670 when he inherited the peerage on the death of his father. He developed a reputation as an ardent 490: 518: 403: 216:, said to be 'the greatest shipbuilder and shipowner of his day'; and succeeded her grandmother as the 8th Baroness Wentworth. 84: 553: 237: 57: 252:'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Lloyd-Lytton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 921-955. Date accessed: 17 June 2012 480: 177: 119: 533: 371: 458: 441: 205: 53: 334: 21: 92: 107:
Lovelace was also notably anti-Catholic: under the Catholic regime of James II he created a scandal when a
201: 33: 118:, which he used in public to wipe his bottom, for which misdemeanour he was severely reprimanded by the 40:. He was notorious for his drunken and extravagant way of life, which undoubtedly hastened his death. 424: 528: 523: 189: 68: 392: 154: 73: 379: 251: 513: 508: 399: 213: 209: 80: 8: 150: 146: 88: 432: 161: 49: 96: 359: 181: 448: 126: 37: 502: 420: 412: 388: 319: 185: 329: 111: 32:(1641 – 27 September 1693) was an English politician who sat in the 318: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 200:
Lovelace married in 1662 Martha Pye, the daughter and coheiress of
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he strongly supported Exclusion. Though he professed to be a
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with a force of 300 cavalry to occupy the city for William.
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He was admitted into the confidence of those organising the
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History of Parliament Online - Lovelace, Hon. John
104:parts, but of very loose and very ill principles". 559:Members of the Parliament of England for Berkshire 500: 36:from 1661 to 1670 when he inherited the title 212:colony. Lovelace's daughter Martha married 72:Lady Anne Wentworth). He matriculated at 323: 271: 247: 245: 131: 20: 171: 549:People associated with the Popish Plot 501: 140: 242: 233: 231: 229: 67: 58:Anne Lovelace, 7th Baroness Wentworth 481:Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners 178:Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners 13: 226: 14: 570: 206:John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace 192:, London at the age of about 53. 54:John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace 30:John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace 544:Members of the Green Ribbon Club 539:Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford 335:Dictionary of National Biography 313: 164:. After his release, he entered 25:John Lovelace in the early 1660s 125:Following the discovery of the 290: 277: 79:In 1661, Lovelace was elected 1: 519:People from Hurley, Berkshire 303: 208:, who became Governor of the 554:People of the Rye House Plot 7: 202:Sir Edmund Pye, 1st Baronet 60:and Baroness le Despenser. 10: 575: 324:Seccombe, Thomas (1893). " 287:Fontana edition 1966 p.160 487: 478: 470: 465: 455: 446: 438: 431: 417: 397: 385: 378: 368: 357: 349: 344: 195: 219: 149:to replace the Catholic 136:John Lovelace circa 1670 176:Lovelace was appointed 43: 474:The Earl of Huntingdon 353:The Earl of Huntingdon 180:in 1689 and was Chief 137: 74:Wadham College, Oxford 26: 534:English MPs 1661–1679 380:Parliament of England 135: 48:Lovelace was born at 24: 400:Member of Parliament 372:The Earl of Abingdon 190:Lincoln's Inn Fields 172:Last years and death 153:with the Protestant 81:Member of Parliament 363:south of the Trent 147:Glorious Revolution 141:Glorious Revolution 89:Cavalier Parliament 433:Peerage of England 138: 27: 16:English politician 497: 496: 491:Charles Beauclerk 488:Succeeded by 456:Succeeded by 418:Succeeded by 408:1661–1670 369:Succeeded by 162:Gloucester Castle 155:William of Orange 95:, and during the 50:Hurley, Berkshire 566: 471:Preceded by 466:Honorary titles 439:Preceded by 386:Preceded by 350:Preceded by 342: 341: 339: 317: 316: 297: 294: 288: 281: 275: 269: 254: 249: 240: 235: 97:Exclusion Crisis 71: 34:House of Commons 574: 573: 569: 568: 567: 565: 564: 563: 529:Lovelace family 524:Barons Lovelace 499: 498: 493: 484: 476: 461: 452: 444: 427: 425:Richard Neville 423: 409: 407: 395: 391: 374: 365: 362: 360:Justice in Eyre 355: 314: 306: 301: 300: 295: 291: 282: 278: 270: 257: 250: 243: 236: 227: 222: 198: 182:Justice in Eyre 174: 143: 46: 17: 12: 11: 5: 572: 562: 561: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 511: 495: 494: 489: 486: 477: 472: 468: 467: 463: 462: 457: 454: 449:Baron Lovelace 445: 440: 436: 435: 429: 428: 419: 416: 396: 393:Sir Robert Pye 387: 383: 382: 376: 375: 370: 367: 356: 351: 347: 346: 345:Legal offices 326:Lovelace, John 311: 310: 305: 302: 299: 298: 289: 276: 255: 241: 224: 223: 221: 218: 197: 194: 173: 170: 142: 139: 127:Rye House Plot 45: 42: 38:Baron Lovelace 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 571: 560: 557: 555: 552: 550: 547: 545: 542: 540: 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 507: 506: 504: 492: 483: 482: 475: 469: 464: 460: 459:John Lovelace 451: 450: 443: 442:John Lovelace 437: 434: 430: 426: 422: 421:Richard Powle 415: 414: 413:Richard Powle 406: 405: 401: 394: 390: 389:Richard Powle 384: 381: 377: 373: 364: 361: 354: 348: 343: 340: 337: 336: 331: 327: 321: 320:public domain 308: 307: 293: 286: 280: 273: 272:Seccombe 1893 268: 266: 264: 262: 260: 253: 248: 246: 239: 234: 232: 230: 225: 217: 215: 214:Henry Johnson 211: 207: 203: 193: 191: 187: 183: 179: 169: 167: 163: 158: 156: 152: 148: 134: 130: 128: 123: 121: 120:Privy Council 117: 113: 110: 105: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 77: 75: 70: 65: 64: 59: 55: 52:, the son of 51: 41: 39: 35: 31: 23: 19: 479: 447: 411: 398: 358: 333: 312: 296:Kenyon p.160 292: 284: 283:Kenyon, J.P 279: 199: 175: 159: 144: 124: 106: 78: 61: 47: 29: 28: 18: 514:1693 deaths 509:1641 births 330:Lee, Sidney 309:Attribution 285:The Stuarts 114:sent him a 503:Categories 485:1689–1693 453:1670–1693 366:1689–1693 304:References 112:magistrate 404:Berkshire 184:south of 85:Berkshire 210:New York 151:James II 109:Catholic 63:suo jure 332:(ed.). 322::  116:summons 101:Puritan 87:in the 410:With: 328:". In 196:Family 166:Oxford 56:, and 220:Notes 186:Trent 402:for 93:Whig 83:for 44:Life 69:nÊe 505:: 258:^ 244:^ 228:^ 274:. 66:(

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House of Commons
Baron Lovelace
Hurley, Berkshire
John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace
Anne Lovelace, 7th Baroness Wentworth
suo jure
nÊe
Wadham College, Oxford
Member of Parliament
Berkshire
Cavalier Parliament
Whig
Exclusion Crisis
Puritan
Catholic
magistrate
summons
Privy Council
Rye House Plot

Glorious Revolution
James II
William of Orange
Gloucester Castle
Oxford
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners
Justice in Eyre
Trent
Lincoln's Inn Fields

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