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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Senior Lecturer in history at Royal Holloway College, University of London.  Scholar of early modern history and author of a number of books, including 'Tudor and Stuart Britain 1471-1714' and 'Habsburg and Bourbon Europe 1470-1720', which are standard texts on many school and university courses. He was also responsible for the first full biography, in 1981, of [[George Villiers]], Duke of Buckingham, in which he presented evidence of the extent of Villiers’ homosexual relationship with [[King James I]].  The first to enter into a civil partnership with his partner [[Percy Steven]] when legalized in the UK (2005).  Appeared in the film 'Against The Law'.   
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Senior Lecturer in history at Royal Holloway College, University of London.  Scholar of early modern history and author of a number of books, including 'Tudor and Stuart Britain 1471-1714' and 'Habsburg and Bourbon Europe 1470-1720', which are standard texts on many school and university courses. He was also responsible for the first full biography, in 1981, of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, in which he presented evidence of the extent of Villiers’ homosexual relationship with [[King James I]].  The first to enter into a civil partnership with his partner [[Percy Steven]] when legalized in the UK (2005).  Appeared in the film 'Against The Law'.   
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 13:40, 25 April 2018

Roger Lockyer

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1927 - 2017

Occupation

Academic

Description

Senior Lecturer in history at Royal Holloway College, University of London. Scholar of early modern history and author of a number of books, including 'Tudor and Stuart Britain 1471-1714' and 'Habsburg and Bourbon Europe 1470-1720', which are standard texts on many school and university courses. He was also responsible for the first full biography, in 1981, of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, in which he presented evidence of the extent of Villiers’ homosexual relationship with King James I. The first to enter into a civil partnership with his partner Percy Steven when legalized in the UK (2005). Appeared in the film 'Against The Law'.

Further Reading/Research


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