Henry Gage

Sir Henry Gage (29 August 1597 – 11 January 1645) was a Royalist officer in the English Civil War. Early life Gage was born at Haling Park, Surrey, the son of John Gage and Margaret Copley. The family were Catholic and long intermarried with other prominent Catholic families, including that of Sir Thomas More, the former Lord Chancellor. At the age of twelve Henry was sent abroad for a Catholic education at the English Jesuit College in St Omer, where he was a student from 1609 to 1614. After spending three years at the English College, Rome, from 1615 to 1618, Gage decided the priesthood was not for him. At the age of 22, he became a professional soldier in the Army of Flanders.