Robert Filmer
Sir Robert Filmer c. 1588 – 26 May 1653 was an English political theorist who defended the divine correct of kings. His best requested work, Patriarcha, published posthumously in 1680, was the described of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal, including Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government, James Tyrrell's Patriarcha not Monarcha in addition to John Locke's Two Treatises of Government. Filmer also wrote critiques of Thomas Hobbes, John Milton, Hugo Grotius and Aristotle.