Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford KB (24 February 1593 – June 1625) was an English aristocrat, courtier and soldier.
Life
He was born on 24 February 1593 at
He is said to have been educated at
On his mother's death, early in 1613, he inherited a share of her fortune, and set out on an extended foreign tour. From Brussels he made his way through France to Italy. At Venice in 1617 he offered to raise a body of volunteers for the service of the republic, and he exerted himself to obtain the release of his kinsman Sidney Bertie, who had fallen into the hands of the Inquisition at Ancona.[1]
While Oxford was still abroad, he was involved vicariously in a tangled family drama. Against the wishes of
Between June and November 1620 he served under his kinsman,
Immediately afterwards (1 January 1624) Oxford married Lady Diana Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter and Elizabeth Drury,[6] a beauty who brought him a fortune of £30,000. Francis Bacon in his disgrace asked favours in an obsequious letter which he addressed to the Earl in the month of his marriage. Oxford declined a reconciliation with Buckingham.[1]
In June 1624 he went to the Low Countries as colonel of a volunteer regiment of foot that was raised for the service of the
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f s:Vere, Henry de (DNB00)
- ^ Longueville 1909, pp. 44–7.
- ^ Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart, Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Bacon (1998), p. 400.
- ^ Elizabeth Norreys later eloped with Edward Wray.
- ^ Stater 2004.
- ^ Elizabeth Drury was the daughter of Sir William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.
- ^ Cummings 2004.
References
- Cummings, Robert (2004). "Holland, Abraham (d. 1626)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13514. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Longueville, Thomas (1909). The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck; A Scandal of the XVIIth Century. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- Stater, Victor (2004). "Vere, Henry de, eighteenth earl of Oxford (1593–1625)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28210. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney (1899). "Vere, Henry de". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 234–235.