Henry Mordaunt 1623-1697
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Henry MORDAUNT, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 1623-97
Biographical Note
Son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough (d.1643); the Mordaunt family were prominent Northamptonshire Roman Catholics. Courtier, politician.
Books
Bought books at the Richard Smith sale of 1682. Listed in Edward Bernard's Catalogi manuscriptorum, 1697, as owning 42 manuscripts.
Sources
- Stater, Victor. "Mordaunt, Henry, second earl of Peterborough (bap. 1623, d. 1697), nobleman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.