Character
Strafford's biographer describes him as shy,self-effacing, tolerant and charitable, a profound thinker, a fine lawyer and deeply concerned for social justice. Even though public opinion in Ireland had turned against Strafford in his final months, Wandesford's death was genuinely mourned.
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