BOLINGBROKE Definition & Meaning

Bolingbroke

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Henry IV ( def 2 ).
Henry St. John [sin, -j, uh, n], 1st Viscount, 1678–1751, British statesman, writer, and orator.

Bolingbroke

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the surname of Henry IV of England See Henry IV
BolingbrokeHenry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke16781751MEnglishPOLITICS: politician Henry St John , 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. 1678–1751, English politician; fled to France in 1714 and acted as secretary of state to the Old Pretender; returned to England in 1723. His writings include A Dissertation on Parties (1733–34) and Idea of a Patriot King (1738)

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The first of Shakespeare's history plays, Richard II sees the unlikeable and corrupt king be usurped by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke who goes on to become Henry IV.

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“It was a multiracial cast — Shakespeare’s ‘Richard II.’ The people coming into power with Bolingbroke, they were all people of color.”

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Ethan Bolingbroke had seven catches for 83 yards and a touchdown.

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In a humble but well-done production, Brave Spirits had Richard II crowned and killed, and his successor, Henry Bolingbroke, a.k.a.

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And Bolingbroke’s motives — whether he has always wanted the crown, whether he actually wanted Richard dead — are unclear.

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