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NAUNTON, SIR ROBERT (1563–1635)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 278 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NAUNTON, See also:SIR See also:ROBERT (1563–1635) , See also:English politician, the son of See also:Henry Naunton of Alderton, See also:Suffolk, was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, becoming a See also:fellow of his college in 1585 and public orator of the university in 1594. See also:Walter Devereux, See also:earl of See also:Essex, enabled him to spend some See also:time abroad, sending See also:information about - See also:European affairs. Having returned to See also:England, he entered See also:parliament in 1606 as member for See also:Helston, and he sat in the five succeeding parliaments; in 1614 he was knighted, in 1616 he became See also:master of See also:requests and later surveyor of the See also:court of wards. In 1618 his friend See also:Buckingham procured for him the position of secretary of See also:state. Naunton's strong See also:Protestant opinions led him to favour more active intervention by England in the interests of See also:Frederick V., and more vigorous application of the See also:laws against See also:Roman Catholics. See also:Gondomar, the See also:Spanish See also:ambassador, complained to See also:James, who censured his secretary. Consequently in 1623 Naunton resigned and was made master of the court of wards. He died at Lether-See also:Ingham, Suffolk, on the 27th of See also:March 1635. Naunton's valuable See also:account of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's reign was still in See also:manuscript when he died. As Fragmenta See also:regalia, written by Sir Robert Naunton, it was printed in 1641 and again in 1642, a revised edition, Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on the See also:late Queen Elizabeth, her Times and Favourites, being issued in 1653. It was again published in 1824, and an edition edited by A. See also:Arber was brought out in 187c.

It has also been printed in several collections and has been translated into See also:

French and See also:Italian. There are several manuscript copies extant, and some of Naunton's letters are in the See also:British Museum and in other collections. See See also:Memoirs of Sir Robert Naunton (1814).

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