Lord Bolingbroke

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Lord Bolingbroke was an influential early 18th-century British statesman, political philosopher, and writer known for his Tory leadership and essays on politics and history.

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instanceOf British statesman
Tory politician
historian
human
political philosopher
political writer
associatedWith Jacobitism
birthDate 1678-09-16
birthPlace Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1751-12-12
deathPlace Battersea, London, England
exiledTo France
familyName St John
fieldOfWork history
political theory
rhetoric
gender male
givenName Henry
influenced Alexander Pope
United States Founding Fathers
surface form: American Founding Fathers

Edmund Burke
Thomas Jefferson
influencedBy John Locke
classical republicanism
knownFor concept of the patriot king
essays on politics and history
leadership of the Tory party under Queen Anne
opposition to Sir Robert Walpole
language English
memberOf Parliament of England
Parliament of Great Britain
monarchServed Anne, Queen of Great Britain
surface form: Queen Anne
movement British Toryism
Country party tradition
name Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
nobleTitle Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
surface form: Viscount Bolingbroke
notableWork A Dissertation upon Parties
Letters on the Study and Use of History
Reflections upon Exile
The Idea of a Patriot King
philosophicalView deism
politicalAlignment Tory
representedConstituency Berkshire
Royal Wootton Bassett
surface form: Wootton Bassett
servedAs Secretary at War
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
Secretary of State for the Southern Department

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