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John WILDMAN
Said to have been educated at Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ].
The well-known politician and writer.
B. c 1621 .
Served under Fairfax, 1646-7 .
Major in Colonel John Reynold's regiment in Ireland , 1649 .
Imprisoned in the Tower of London [ London ] for plotting the overthrow of the Protector, 1655-6 .
Imprisoned on suspicion of plotting against the Government, 1661-7 .
Associated with Algernon Sidney and others in schemes against Charles II and the Duke of York, c 1681 .
Committed to the Tower [ London ], for complicity in the Rye House Plot, 1683-4 .
Became Monmouth's chief agent in England , but refused to join him when he landed.
Escaped to Holland ; returned with William, Prince of Orange.
M.P. for Wootton Bassett [ Wiltshire ], 1689 .
Postmaster-General, 1689-91 .
Knighted, 29 Oct., 1692.
Author, political.
Died 02 Jun., 1693, aged 72; buried at Shrivenham, Berkshire .
( D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon., where he is confused with a namesake.)
John WILDMAN
Approx. lifespan: 1621–1693
Said to have been educated at Cambridge, [ Cambridgeshire ]
The well-known politician and writer.
b. c1621
Served under Fairfax 1646-47
Major in Colonel John Reynold's regiment in Ireland 1649
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, [ London ] for plotting the overthrow of the Protector 1655-56
Imprisoned on suspicion of plotting against the Government 1661-67
Associated with Algernon Sidney and others in schemes against Charles II and the Duke of York c1681
Committed to the Tower, [ London ] for complicity in the Rye House Plot 1683-84
Became Monmouth's chief agent in England but refused to join him when he landed.
Escaped to Holland ; returned with William, Prince of Orange.
M.P. for Wootton Bassett, [ Wiltshire ] 1689
Postmaster-General 1689-91
Knighted 1692:10:29
Author, political.
d. 1693:06:02 aged 72; buried at Shrivenham, Berkshire
( D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon. where he is confused with a namesake.)

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