Definition of Earl of warwick

1. Noun. English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471).

Exact synonyms: Kingmaker, Richard Neville, Warwick
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman

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Literary usage of Earl of warwick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"His eldest son, Richard, had married Anne, the daughter and heir of Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, who died governor of France; and by this alliance he enjoyed ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"pears to have been mother of the second Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick (the ... [Robert third Lord Rich was created Earl of Warwick by James I., 1618, ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"AND THE earl of warwick. THE northern war of which we have been reading had been a CHAP. purely local affair. Since Towton the greater part of England ..."

4. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1889)
"... Earl of Warwick, apparently, Lord Burghersh above- named, both being the said Isabel's children by her 2d husband, Richard (Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick. ..."

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