Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury

Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury

Horace Vere (1565–1635) was an English military leader during the Thirty Years' War, a son of Geoffrey Vere and brother of Francis Vere. He was sent to the Palatinate by James I in 1620. He was created Baron Vere of Tilbury, and died without male heir.

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* [http://www.zedler-lexikon.de/blaettern/einzelseite.html?id=421659&bandnummer=47&seitenzahl=0211&supplement=0&dateiformat=1 Zedlers Universallexicon, vol.47, p. 211]
* [http://www.westminster-abbey.org/library/burial/vere.htm At Westminster Abbey]


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