Sir John Eliot

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Sir John Eliot was a prominent early 17th-century English parliamentarian and critic of King Charles I whose opposition to royal authority made him a key figure in the constitutional conflicts leading up to the English Civil War.

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Sir John Eliot canonical 10
John Eliot 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century English person ⓘ
English politician ⓘ
Member of Parliament of England ⓘ
advocatedFor limitation of royal authority ⓘ
parliamentary control over taxation ⓘ
associatedWith House of Commons of England ⓘ
birthDate 1592-04-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Cuddenbeak, St Germans, Cornwall, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1632-11-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Tower of London, London, England ⓘ
linked to: Tower of London
detainedBy King Charles I of England ⓘ
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford ⓘ
Inner Temple ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
father Richard Eliot ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of parliamentary privilege ⓘ
leading critic of royal prerogative ⓘ
opposition to King Charles I ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
monarchDuringService Charles I of England ⓘ
James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
mother Bridget Carswell ⓘ
movement early Stuart parliamentary opposition ⓘ
notableForEvent leading the 1629 parliamentary protest against arbitrary taxation ⓘ
notableWork Negotium Posterorum ⓘ
The Monarchie of Man ⓘ
numberOfChildren 8 ⓘ
occupation parliamentarian ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Parliament of England ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm Parliament of 1624 (Happy Parliament) ⓘ
Parliament of 1625 ⓘ
Parliament of 1626 ⓘ
Parliament of 1628–1629 ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of 1629
participatedIn Petition of Right debates ⓘ
constitutional conflicts preceding the English Civil War ⓘ
placeOfDetention Tower of London ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Newport, Cornwall ⓘ
Member of Parliament for St Germans ⓘ
Vice-Admiral of Devon ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornwall ⓘ
spouse Radigund Gedie ⓘ

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Parliament of 1629 → notableMember → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
Parliament of 1628 → significantFigure → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
The Monarchie of Man → author → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
The Monarchie of Man → workOf → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
Negotium Posterorum → author → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
Radigund Gedie → spouse → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
Radigund Gedie → marriedTo → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
Radigund Gedie → relativeByMarriage → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
John → givenNameOf → Sir John Eliot ⓘ
Richard Eliot → relative → John Eliot ⓘ
linked to: Sir John Eliot
Parliament of 1626 → keyFigureInCommons → Sir John Eliot ⓘ