John Chaworth (1605 – June 1644) was 2nd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh.The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (c. 1900); George Edward Cokayne, volume 1, page 130. He was the son of

George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth of Armagh (c. 1568 – 3 July 1639) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Chaworth and Viscount Chaworth. Background and ea ...

of Armagh and Mary Knyveton. He married, firstly, Hon. Elizabeth Noel, daughter of

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and Hon. Juliana Hicks, before 1632. The children from this marriage were *Mary Chaworth (died 1667) *Hon. Elizabeth Chaworth (19 December 1632 – December 1683) married

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Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth Patrick Chaworth (20 June 1635 – June 1693) was 3rd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh.The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. G.E. Cokayne, volume III, page 155. He is also ...

(20 June 1635 – June 1693) After the death of his first wife, he married Anne Hickman, daughter of Dixie Hickman and Elizabeth Windsor, on 13 December 1643 at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He died in June 1644. He succeeded to the titles of 2nd Viscount Chaworth of Armagh and 2nd Baron Chaworth of Tryme on 3 July 1639. Lord Chaworth supported

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and in December 1642 fortified

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to make it a garrison for the King. In June 1643, Queen Henrietta, on her way from Newark, wrote to the King: ‘I shall sleep at Werton iverton and thence to Ashby, where we will resolve what way to take.’ Among other royal visitors were Prince Rupert of the Rhine and his brother

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, who after visiting the King in Newark rode to Wiverton with about 400 troops and stayed there until they could settle their future plans. From Wiverton it was that Prince Rupert addressed a letter to the Parliament, asking for a pass for himself, his brother, and other noblemen and gentlemen to leave England.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaworth, John Chaworth, 2nd Viscount 1605 births 1644 deaths Cavaliers Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland