Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton

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Philip Lord Wharton, 1632, by Van Dyck

Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613 – 1695) was an English peer.

A Parliamentarian during the English Civil War he served in various offices including soldier, politician and diplomat. He was a Puritan and a favourite of Oliver Cromwell, which is why, from 1660 onwards he often ran into difficulty with the Crown. In 1676 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and later (in 1685) fled the country when King James II came to the throne.

He spent time while abroad in the Court of the Prince of Orange and subsequently his family line was back in Royal favour when the latter came to the throne of England in 1688.

Honorary Titles
Preceded by:
The Lord Paget		 Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
(Parliamentarian)
1642		 Succeeded by:
Vacant
Peerage of England
Preceded by:
Philip Wharton		 Baron Wharton
1625–1695		 Succeeded by:
Thomas Wharton

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