George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
English statesman and poet (1628-1687) · Politicians · Died at 59
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 19th Baron de Ros was an English statesman and poet who exerted considerable political power during the reign of Charles II of England.
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The Death of Buckingham by Victorian artist Augustus Egg. The scene of his death derives from the exaggerated account in Alexander Pope's Epistle to Bathurst:
In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung,
The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung,
On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw,
With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw,
The George and Garter dangling from that bed
Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red.
The Life and Death of Buckingham: The Life of Buckingham, c. 1855, by Augustus EggAwards
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Lived 1628 to 1687 · aged 59
