(source: wikipedia)Sir Robert Strickland of Sizergh (1 January 1600 – April 1671) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in the Parliament of 1624. He supported King Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Strickland was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh Castle, Helsington, Cumbria, and his second wife Margaret Curwen, daughter of Sir Nicholas Curwen and sister of the politician Sir Henry Curwen. He matriculated from Trinity College,... more
