John Hutchinson (politician, 1615)

John Hutchinson (* 1615 in London , † September 11, 1664 in Sandown Castle (Kent) ) was a British military and politician.

He was the son of Sir Thomas Hutchinson (1587-1643), the landlord of Owthorpe Hall near Nottingham and Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire. He studied at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University and from 1636 at Lincoln's Inn to be a lawyer. During the Civil War he sided with Parliament, administered Nottingham including Nottingham Castle and successfully defended it against royalist attacks. In 1646 he became a member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire, succeeding his father. He was one of the judges in the trial of Charles I , voted for his execution and was a member of the Council of State of the Commonwealth of England from 1649 to 1651 . In 1653 he retired to his country estate, and in 1659 he became High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. In 1660 he supported George Monck in the assumption that he would restitute the Long Parliament again. Instead, he helped the Stuarts to the throne again, and Hutchinson was banished from political office as a regicide , but was not jailed or executed like other signers of the death sentence for Charles I. His publicly announced repentance, his opposition to Cromwell in his final years in office and influential advocates played a role in this.

In 1663 he was suspected of being involved in the Farnley Wood conspiracy in Yorkshire to overthrow the monarchy, was arrested on weak evidence and initially held in the Tower of London. In May 1664 he was transferred to Sandown Castle and died there four months later.

He had nine children with his wife, Lucy. She published memories about him.

literature

• Charles Harding Firth (Editor) Mrs Hutchinson's Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson , 1885, Volume 1 , Volume 2

Web links

• Biography of Helms, Ferris, History of Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ baptized on September 18