"Poor Hampden is dead, and I profess to you I have scarce strength to pronounce that word. Never kingdom received a greater loss in one subject. Never man a truer and faithfuller friend."
— John Hampden

January 1, 1970

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Politicians from EnglandMembers of the Parliament of England
Original Language: English

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Anthony Nicholl to Sir Thomas B. (27 June 1643), quoted in Seventh Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Part I. Report and Appendix (1879), p. 553