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THOMAS WENT WORTH, EARL OF, (straf'fürd,) an English statesman, B. in London, 1593. In 1632 he was made Lord Deputy of Ireland, and governed that country with great administrative ability, but at the same time with almost intolerable severity. Recalled to England by the revolt of the Scots against the tyranny of Charles I., S. was impeached by the House of Commons, in 1640, of high treason in attempting to subvert the fundamental laws of the country, and was sentenced to death by an act of attainder, and beheaded May, 1641. Str afford, in New Hampshire, an E.S.E. co., b. on Maine; area, 351 sq. m.; C. Dover. Pop. 30,243. [s. 859]