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Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of

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Scottish Secretary under Charles II., professed Covenanting sympathies in his youth, and attended the Westminster Assembly of Divines as a Commissioner for Scotland 1643; succeeding to the earldom in 1645 he joined the Royalists in the Civil War, was made prisoner at Worcester 1651, and confined for nine years; receiving his Scottish office at the Restoration he devoted himself to establishing by every means the absolute power of the king in Church and State; his measures were responsible for the rising of 1666 and in part for that of 1677; but he made the Episcopal Church quite subservient; appointed to the Privy Council, he sat in the "Cabal" ministry, was made duke in 1672, and in spite of intrigues and an attempt to censure him in the Commons, remained in power till 1680; he was shrewd, clever, witty, sensual, and unscrupulous; then and still hated in Scotland (1616-1682).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/lauderdale-john-maitland-duke-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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