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Thomas Blagge
b.1613
d.14 Nov 1660
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  1. Margaret Blagge1652 - 1678
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Name Thomas Blagge
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1613
Marriage to Unknown
Death[1] 14 Nov 1660
Reference Number Q7787674 (Wikidata)


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Colonel Thomas Blagge (13 July 1613 – 4 November 1660) served as Groom of the Chamber to Charles I and his son Charles II. He fought for the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Born at Little Horringer Hall, Blagge was part of the Suffolk county gentry, connections which led to an appointment as a close personal servant to the king. When the First English Civil War began in August 1642, he quickly became a trusted and reliable Royalist brigade commander. As governor of Wallingford Castle, he was one of the last to surrender in July 1646.

After the Execution of Charles I in January 1649, he joined Charles II in France and helped him evade capture after defeat at Worcester in 1651. Although arrested himself, he escaped from the Tower of London and remained in exile for the next decade, fighting in the Franco-Spanish War during the brief Royalist alliance with Spain.

He returned to England following the May 1660 Stuart Restoration and received a number of offices before dying in November 1660. Despite his early death, his loyalty was not forgotten and two of his daughters were appointed Maid of honour to the Duchess of York.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Blagge, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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