Sir Philip Warwick (24 December 160915 January 1683), English writer and politician, born in

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, was the son of

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, or Warrick, a musician.

Life

He was educated at Eton, he travelled abroad for some time and in 1636 became secretary to the lord high treasurer,

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; later he was a member of the

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, for New Radnor Boroughs, being one of those who voted against the

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of Strafford and who followed

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. He fought at Edgehill and was one of the king's secretaries during the negotiations with the parliament at

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, and also during those at Newport, Charles speaking very highly of his services just before his execution. Warwick later wrote unflatteringly of

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that,

He wore... a plain cloth-suit, which seemed to have been made by a poor tailor; his shirt was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his collar... his face was swollen and red, his voice sharp and untunable, and his speech full of passion.

Remaining in England, Warwick was passively loyal to Charles II during the

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period and enjoyed the confidence of the

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s. In 1660 the king made him a

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, and in 1661 he became a member of parliament for

and secretary to another

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, Lord Southampton, retaining this post until the treasury was put into commission on Southampton's death in May 1667. Warwick's only son, the younger Philip Warwick (1640–1683), served as envoy to Sweden in 1680.A. N. L. Grosjean, 'Warwick, Philip (bap. 1640, died 1683)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200

accessed 18 April 2009 Warwick is chiefly known for his ''Memoirs of the reigne of King Charles I, with a continuation to the happy restoration of King Charles II'', written between 1675 and 1677 and published in London in 1701.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, Philip 1609 births 1683 deaths People from Westminster People educated at Eton College English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1661–1679 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales sv:Philip Warwick