the Whig historian Thomas Babington Macaulay who characterised L'Estrange as little more than a bully and apologist for the Restoration court with a talent for abuse. Notes References External links 1616 births 1704 deaths English male journalists English MPs 1685–1687 Pardon recipients 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers Cavaliers English translators People from Hunstanton Le Strange family