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Thomas Wharton (1648-1715) was an English politician, and the writer of a popular ballad. He was married to poet Anne Wharton.
Life[]
Wharton, 1st Marquis of Wharton, statesman and writer of "Lillibullero," son of the 4th Baron Wharton, was one of the most profligate men of his age. He was a supporter of the Exclusion Bill, and consequently obnoxious to James II. His only contribution to literature was the doggerel ballad, "Lillibullero" (1688), which had so powerful a political effect that its author claimed to have sung a King out of three kingdoms. He was generally disliked and distrusted, but held for a short time, from 1708, the lord-lieutenancy of Ireland, when he had Addison as his chief secretary.[1]
Referemces[]
- ↑ John William Cousin, "Wharton, Thomas,1st Marquis of Wharton,," A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: Dent / New York: Dutton, 1910, 401-402. Wikisource, Web, Mar. 16, 2018.