Author: RADCLIFFE (Sir George). WHITAKER (Thomas Dunham):
Title: The Life and Original Correspondence of George Radcliffe, Knight, LL. D. The Friend of the Earl of Strafford.
Description: London: Printed by John Nichols and Son...and sold by Longman...[et al], 1810. 1810 FIRST EDITION. 4to, 280 x 220 mms., pp. vii [viii blank], 296 [297 - 330 Index, 340 blank], 2 folding genealogical charts, contemporary boards (soiled and worn); front cover detached, ex-library (Bradford Public Library, with attractive bookplate on front paste-down end-paper, but marred by library stamp), with several library stamps. Sir George Ratcliffe (1593 - 1657), lawyer and politician, acted as counsel for Sir Thomas Wentworth; he later served the crown in Ireland, 1633 - 1640. Whitaker's biography is one of the chief sources for information about his life.

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