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See also:PRESTON, See also:JOHN (1587-1628) , See also:English Puritan divine, was See also:born at Heyford in See also:Northamptonshire and was educated at Queens' See also:College, See also:Cambridge (See also:fellow 1609). He took orders, and on becoming See also:dean of his college See also:drew large crowds to hear his See also:preaching. On the See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham's See also:advice he was appointed See also:chaplain to See also:Prince See also:Charles in 162o; in 1622 he became preacher at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn and See also:master of See also:Emmanuel College, Cambridge. After the See also:accession of Charles I. he worked hard on behalf of the Puritan cause, but could accomplish little or nothing against See also:Archbishop See also:Laud. In See also:theology he was a stanch Calvinist and his writings had considerable popularity.
End of Article: PRESTON, JOHN (1587-1628)
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