Henry Sacheverell, English minister and politician (born 1674)

Henry Sacheverell

English clergyman and Tory sympathiser (1674–1724)

Henry Sacheverell was an English high church Anglican clergyman who achieved nationwide fame in 1709 after preaching an incendiary 5 November sermon. He was subsequently impeached by the House of Commons and though he was found guilty, his light punishment was seen as a…