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John Eliot (statesman)
1592Apr, 11

John Eliot (statesman)

John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (d. 1632)
Sir John Eliot (11 April 1592 – 27 November 1632) was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he eventually died, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.

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