SUNDERLAND, HENRY SPENCER, 1ST EARL OF, BARON SPENCER ...

(baptized Nov. 23, 1620d. Sept. 20, 1643, Newberry, Somerset, Eng.), English Cavalier during the English Civil Wars. Born to great wealth, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (M.A., 1636), and succeeded his father as Baron Spencer in 1636. A firm Royalist, he served as Charles I's negotiator in the early years of the conflict with Parliamenta conflict that evolved into the Civil Wars. On June 8, 1643, he was created Earl of Sunderland. Three months later he was killed at the Battle of Newberry.