Sir Nicholas Throckmorton

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Also Known As	Sir Nicholas Throgmorton
Born	1515
Died	February 12, 1571 (aged 56) • London • England

Sir Francis Walsingham

English statesman

Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick

English soldier and diplomat

Ralph Montagu, 1st duke of Montagu

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Sir William Temple, detail of a painting attributed to Peter Lely, 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir William Temple, Baronet

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Sir Thomas Roe

English diplomat and author

Peter Des Roches

English diplomat

Sir George Downing

English diplomat

John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol

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Bulstrode Whitelocke

English lawyer

Baron Cottington, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Francis Cottington, Baron Cottington

English official and diplomat

Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

English poet and translator

Giles Fletcher the Elder

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Sir Arthur Purves Phayre

British colonial official

Priscilla Alden

English colonist

John Alden

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Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the elder [1262-1326]

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore

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Hugh Le Despenser

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Beatrice Webb

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