Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl Of Southampton

He was the only surviving son of , and one at Uxbridge in 1645 ). He was allowed to live within England , having paid the Commonwealth over £6000.

Several months after the Restoration, Lord Southampton was appointed Lord High Treasurer ( 8 September 1660 ), a position in which he would serve until his death. As the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' notes, Lord Southampton "was remarkable for his freedom from any taint of corruption and for his efforts in the interests of economy and financial order," a noble if not completely objective view of his work as the keeper of the nation's finances. Having married three times, Lord Southampton had three daughters, two of whom survived infancy. Upon his death in 1667, the eldest daughter, Rachel Wriothesley , received all of her father's property; the property would eventually pass to the Dukes Of Bedford .

Lord Southampton's name lives on in London ; both Southampton Row and Southampton Street , Holborn are named after him.

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