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| − | Of [[location::Rendcomb, Gloucestershire]] and [[location::St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster]]; later of [[location::Woodford, Essex]]. Son of [[family::Robert Roe]] ([[date of birth::1550]]-[[date of death::1587]]), [[occupation::haberdasher]] and [[occupation::landowner]], and his wife, [[family::Eleanor Roe|Eleanor]] (d.[[date of death::1630]]). Matriculated at [[education::Magdalen College, Oxford]], but did not graduate; enrolled as a student in [[ | + | Of [[location::Rendcomb, Gloucestershire]] and [[location::St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster]]; later of [[location::Woodford, Essex]]. Son of [[family::Robert Roe]] ([[date of birth::1550]]-[[date of death::1587]]), [[occupation::haberdasher]] and [[occupation::landowner]], and his wife, [[family::Eleanor Roe|Eleanor]] (d.[[date of death::1630]]). Matriculated at [[education::Magdalen College, Oxford]], but did not graduate; enrolled as a student in [[organisations::Middle Temple]]. He had an extensive [[occupation::diplomat|diplomatic]] career; he commanded an expedition to [[location::Guinia]] in 1610 and in 1613 he accompanied [[associates::Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Princess Elizabeth]] to [[location::Heidelberg]] following her marriage with [[associates::Frederick V of the Palatinate|Frederick]]. He was elected [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Tamworth]] in 1614, appointed [[occupation::ambassador]] to [[location::Mughal India]] 1615-1619 and [[occupation::ambassador]] at [[location::Constantinople]] 1621-1629. Roe undertook various further [[occupation::diplomat|diplomatic]] missions in [[location::Europe]] 1629-1640 and served as [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Oxford]] in the Long Parliament. His career began to decline during this time as a result of his advocacy for compromise between [[associates::Charles I]] and parliament and the deaths of many of those upon whom he relied upon for advancement. |
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Sir Thomas ROE 1581-1644
Biographical Note
Of Rendcomb, Gloucestershire and St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster; later of Woodford, Essex. Son of Robert Roe (1550-1587), haberdasher and landowner, and his wife, Eleanor (d.1630). Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, but did not graduate; enrolled as a student in Middle Temple. He had an extensive diplomatic career; he commanded an expedition to Guinia in 1610 and in 1613 he accompanied Princess Elizabeth to Heidelberg following her marriage with Frederick. He was elected MP for Tamworth in 1614, appointed ambassador to Mughal India 1615-1619 and ambassador at Constantinople 1621-1629. Roe undertook various further diplomatic missions in Europe 1629-1640 and served as MP for Oxford in the Long Parliament. His career began to decline during this time as a result of his advocacy for compromise between Charles I and parliament and the deaths of many of those upon whom he relied upon for advancement.
Books
Gave ca. 30 Greek manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, 1628. Bequeathed the bulk of his books to his nephew Maurice Berkeley of Stoke (d.1654), with some allowed to his wife, Lady Eleanor Beeston (d.1675); an inventory of the books received by Berkeley runs to ca.500 titles, edited as PLRE 274.
Sources
- History of Parliament.
- Palmer, P. Sir Thomas Roe, Private Libraries in Renaissance England 9 (2017), 225-308.
- Strachan, Michael. "Roe, Sir Thomas (1581–1644), diplomat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.