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Algernon Sidney

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Algernon Sidney

Birth
Castle Baynard, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
7 Dec 1683 (aged 60)
Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Burial
Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England Add to Map
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English politician and member of Parliament. A political theorist,
colonel, and commissioner of the trial of Charles I, he opposed
the king's execution. Later accused of plotting against Charles II
partly on his work Discourses Concerning Government and
executed for treason at Tower Hill, London.
English politician and member of Parliament. A political theorist,
colonel, and commissioner of the trial of Charles I, he opposed
the king's execution. Later accused of plotting against Charles II
partly on his work Discourses Concerning Government and
executed for treason at Tower Hill, London.

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