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<p> </p> <p> b>Algernon , a noted politician and soldier of extreme republican views, second son of Robert, second Earl of Leicester; first came into public notice in 1641-1642 by his gallant conduct as leader of a troop of horse in the Irish Rebellion; came over to [[England]] in 1643, joined the Parliamentarians, rose to a colonelcy and command of a regiment in 1645; was subsequently governor of [[Dublin]] and of Dover, entered Parliament, and although appointed one of the commissioners to try [[Charles]] I., absented himself from the proceedings, but afterwards approved of the execution; withdrew from politics during Cromwell's Protectorate, but on the reinstating of the Long [[Parliament]] became a member of the [[Council]] of State; was on a diplomatic mission to [[Denmark]] when the [[Restoration]] took place, and till his pardon in 1677 led a wandering life on the Continent; intrigued with Louis XIV. against Charles II., assisted [[William]] Penn in drawing up the republican constitution of Pennsylvania, was on trumped-up evidence tried for complicity in the Rye House Plot and summarily sentenced to death by [[Judge]] Jeffreys, the injustice of his execution being evidenced by the reversal of his attainder in 1689 (1622-1683). </p>

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