Belasyse, John, Baron
Belasyse, John, Baron
(c.1614 -1689 ) Royalist leader. During the Commonwealth he was a royalist agent in England , and after the Restoration was appointed to important posts, from which he resigned on the enactment of the Test Act (1673 ). Impeached in connection with the Titus Oates Plot , he was imprisoned without trial in the Tower of London. On the accession of James II, he was restored to favor.