Born #OTD 1591, Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex. Among noble critics of Charles I, Essex was commander-in-chief when Parliament went to war against the king. In 1644 a disastrous military campaign ended his military career, ushering in Sir Thomas Fairfax & the New Model army.

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