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Baronet. Sir Charles Sedley, 5. Baronet (* 1639; † 20. August 1701 in Hampstead) war ein Dichter und Politiker der englischen Restaurationszeit . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 1.1 Sedley zählt zu den Court Wits am Hofe Charles II. 1.2 Sedleys literarische Bedeutung. 1.3 Sedley als Politiker und Mäzen. 2 Werke. 3 Literatur. 4 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (March 1639 – 20 August 1701), was an English noble, dramatist and politician. He was principally remembered for his wit and profligacy. [1] Life. He was the son of Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet, of Aylesford in Kent, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Savile.
Sir Charles Sedley, 5. Baronet (* 1639; † 20. August 1701 in Hampstead) war ein Dichter und Politiker der englischen Restaurationszeit.
Sir Charles Sedley — reputedly one of the wittiest (as well as one of the most scandalous) of the Restoration courtiers — has left a body of plays, poems and other works, none of which, however, is known to survive in his own hand. Unlike his equally notorious crony the Earl of Rochester, there is no evidence of an especially wide ...
8. Apr. 2024 · Sir Charles Sedley, 4th Baronet (born March 1639, Aylesford, Kent, Eng.—died Aug. 20, 1701, Hampstead, London) was an English Restoration poet, dramatist, wit, and courtier. Sedley attended the University of Oxford but left without taking a degree. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother. After the Restoration ...
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Zu den wichtigsten Autoren der Restaurationskomödie gehören Charles Sedley, John Dryden, William Wycherley, George Etherege, Aphra Behn (die erste professionelle britische Dramatikerin), Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Southerne und ab den 1690er Jahren William Congreve und John Vanbrugh.
Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721 – 23 August 1778), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1747 and 1778. [1] Early life. Sedley was the eldest son of Sir Charles Sedley, 1st Baronet, son of Sir Charles Sedley, illegitimate son of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet. [2]
