Sir Philip Warwick English

England

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 writer

Writer

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 and politician

Politician

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, born in Westminster

Westminster

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, was the son of Thomas Warwick, or Warrick, a musician

Musician

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.

Educated at Eton

Eton College

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, he travelled abroad for some time and in 1636 became secretary to the lord high treasurer, William Juxon

William Juxon

William Juxon was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death.-Life:...

; later he was a member of the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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, being one of those who voted against the attainder

Attainder

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 of Strafford and who followed Charles I

Charles I of England

Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...

 to Oxford

Oxford

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. He fought at Edgehill

Battle of Edgehill

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 and was one of the king's secretaries during the negotiations with the parliament at Hampton Court, and also during those at Newport

Newport

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, Charles speaking very highly of his services just before his execution. Warwick later wrote unflatteringly of Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

 that,

He wore... a plain cloth-suit, which seemed to have been made by a poor tailor; his shirt was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his collar... his face was swollen and red, his voice sharp and untunable, and his speech full of passion.

Remaining in England, Warwick was passively loyal to Charles II

Charles II of England

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

 during the English Commonwealth period and enjoyed the confidence of the royalist

Cavalier

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 leader

Leadership

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s. In 1660 the king made him a knight

Knight

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, and in 1661 he became a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 and secretary to another Lord Treasurer, Lord Southampton

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

Sir Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG , styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was a 17th century English statesman, a staunch supporter of Charles II who would rise to the position of Lord High Treasurer after the English Restoration...

, retaining this post until the treasury was put into commission on Southampton's death in May 1667.

Warwick's only son, the younger Philip Warwick

Philip Warwick (diplomat)

Philip Warwick was a British diplomat.He was the only son of Sir Philip Warwick , the English writer and politician.The younger Philip was probably admitted to the Inner Temple in 1656. In 1680, he was appointed as British envoy extraordinary to Sweden , arriving in 1680...

 (1640–1683), served as envoy

Envoy (title)

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 to Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

in 1680.

Warwick is chiefly known for his Memoirs of the reigne of King Charles I, with a continuation to the happy restoration of King Charles II, written between 1675 and 1677 and published in London in 1701.