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Major-General Thomas Harrison, baptised 16 July 1616, executed 13 October 1660, was a prominent member of the radical religious sect known as the Fifth Monarchists, and a soldier who fought for Parliament and the Commonwealth in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Thomas Harrison (born 1616, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Eng.—died Oct. 13, 1660, London) was an English Parliamentarian general and a leader in the Fifth Monarchy sect (men who believed in the imminent coming of Christ and were willing to rule until he came).
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Sep 23, 2017 · Harrison was one of the major figures of the civil wars in Britain and Ireland who established a reputation for himself as a field officer. His reputation was enhanced throughout the 1650s and ensured that he was something of a dark celebrity in 1660.
- Martyn Bennett
- 2017
May 29, 2018 · Harrison, Thomas (1606–60). Soldier and regicide. A butcher's son, born at Newcastle under Lyme, and trained as a lawyer, Harrison enlisted in Essex's bodyguard in 1642, fighting at Marston Moor as a major in Fleetwood's horse and subsequently at Naseby, Langport, and the sieges of Winchester and Basing.
Major-General Thomas Harrison (1606 – 13 October 1660) sided with Parliament in the English Civil War. During the Interregnum he was a leader of the Fifth Monarchists. In 1649 he signed the death warrant of Charles I and in 1660, shortly after the Restoration, he was found guilty of regicide and...
Jun 23, 2024 · Major-General Thomas Harrison, baptised 16 July 1616, executed 13 October 1660, was a prominent member of the radical religious sect known as the Fifth Monarchists, and a soldier who fought for Parliament and the Commonwealth in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Major-General Thomas Harrison, baptised 16 July 1616, executed 13 October 1660, was a prominent member of the radical religious sect known as the Fifth Monarchists, and a soldier who fought for Parliament and the Commonwealth in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
