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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 10, 2019 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:11, 15 June 2019 (UTC)



Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402 –10 July 1460) was an English nobleman and a military commander who fought for the Lancastrian King Henry VI during the Wars of the Roses, where he was killed at the Battle of Northampton. Through his mother he had royal blood as a great-grandson of King Edward III, and from his father, he inherited the earldom of Stafford. He joined the English campaign in France with King Henry V in 1420. Following the king's death two years later, he became a councillor for the nine-month-old King Henry VI. Stafford acted as a peacemaker during the 1430s, when Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester vied with Cardinal Beaufort for political supremacy. He took part in the eventual arrest of Gloucester in 1447. He was the King's bodyguard and chief negotiator during Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450. In 1455 he fought for the King in the first battle of the Wars of the Roses, at St Albans, where they were both captured by the Yorkists. He spent the last years of his life attempting to mediate between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Edward II of England (17 May 2019), John/Eleanor Rykener (10 January 2019)
 * Main editors: Serial Number 54129
 * Promoted: 14 March 2019
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of his death; his birth is unknown and the article on the battle itself has got more chance of becoming an ammendment to the constitution than a TFA any time soon.
 * Support as nominator. ——  SerialNumber  54129  14:53, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Blurb looks good to go. - Dank (push to talk) 15:20, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Looks spot on to me, and would make an interesting change of pace. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:15, 11 June 2019 (UTC)