Person:John Hampden (1)

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John Hampden
b.Abt 1595 City of London, Middlesex, England
d.1643 Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
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  1. John HampdenAbt 1595 - 1643
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  • H.  John HampdenAbt 1595 - 1643
  • W.  Elizabeth Symeon (add)
  1. Mary Hampden
  2. Richard Hampden1631 - 1695
  3. Anne Hampden
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Name John Hampden
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1595 City of London, Middlesex, Englandprobably
Marriage to Elizabeth Symeon (add)
Marriage to Lettice Knollys
Residence? Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire, EnglandHampden House
Death[1] 1643 Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Reference Number? Q329843?


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John Hampden (24 June 1643) was an English landowner and politician whose opposition to arbitrary taxes imposed by Charles I made him a national figure. An ally of Parliamentarian leader John Pym, and cousin to Oliver Cromwell, he was one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War.

After war began in August 1642, Hampden raised an infantry regiment, and died of wounds received at the Battle of Chalgrove Field on 18 June 1643. His loss was considered a serious blow, largely because he was one of the few Parliamentary leaders able to hold the different factions together.

However, his early death also meant he avoided the bitter internal debates later in the war, the execution of Charles I in 1649, and establishment of The Protectorate. This makes him a less complex figure than Cromwell or Pym, a key factor in why his statue was erected in the Palace of Westminster to represent the Parliamentarian cause in 1841.

A reputation for honest, principled, and patriotic opposition to arbitrary rule also made him a popular figure in North America; prior to the American Revolution, Franklin and Adams were among those who referenced him to justify their cause.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Hampden, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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