Algernon sidney biography sampler

English politician and member of the middle part of the Long Parliament

Not to be confused with Algernon Sydney Sullivan.

Algernon Sidney or Sydney (15 January 1623 – 7 December 1683) was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel.

Algernon sidney biography sampler

A member of the middle part of the Long Parliament and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England, he opposed the king's execution. Sidney was later charged with plotting against Charles II, in part based on his most famous work, Discourses Concerning Government, which was used by the prosecution as a witness at his trial.

He was executed for treason. After his death, Sidney was revered as a "Whig patriot—hero and martyr".

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The works of Algernon Sidney, along with those of contemporary John Locke, are considered a cornerstone of western thought. Discourses Concerning Government cost Sidney his life. However, the ideas it put forth survived and ultimately culminated in the Glorious Revolutio