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Sir Robert Strickland of Sizergh (1 January 1600 – April 1671) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624. He supported the King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.〔Castelli, Jorge H. (Strickland Family: Robert Strickland ), (Welcome to my Tudor Court ) — For full DOB and DOD 〕 ==Biography== Strickland was the son of Sir Thomas Strickland. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge at Easter 1615. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in the Happy Parliament.〔.〕〔.〕 In 1638, Strickland received a colonel's commission from the Viscount Wentworth, Lord Lieutenant of the county of York, to command 900 militia in the North Riding for Charles I during the Bishops' War. And in 1640, he received the king's commission from Algernon, Earl of Northumberland to regiment, accoutre, and march the same to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In the English Civil War, he received a third commission to command a troop of horse (cavalry) which he is said to have supported in a great measure at his own expense. At the battle of Edgehill, he himself commanded the horse, and his son Sir Thomas Strickland commanded the regiment of foot.〔〔 Strickland lived until after Restoration of the King Charles II: for in the next year after the said restoration, he was constituted by Thomas viscount Fauconberg one of the deputy lieutenants of the North Riding of Yorkshire. He died in 1670 was and was succeed by his elder son Sir Thomas Strickland.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Strickland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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