Thomas Harrison (General, 1606)
Thomas Harrison (* 1606 in Newcastle-under-Lyme ; † October 13, 1660 in London ) was an English Puritan and general during the English Civil War .
Life
The son of a wealthy butcher studied law at the Inns of Court and worked as a lawyer. At the outbreak of the civil war in 1641/42 he joined the side of parliament and became an officer and later general in the New Model Army , took part in various battles and campaigns and was elected to the Long Parliament in 1646 . The Republican and leader of the Fifth Monarchy Men, Harrison was one of the staunch opponents of King Charles I , who was deposed and executed in 1649 , he was one of the judges in the trial of the latter and one of the signatories of the death sentence. In the following years Harrison was one of the closest supporters of Oliver Cromwell , first in the rump parliament and after its dissolution by Cromwell in 1653 as initiator and member of the " Parliament of the Saints ". However, he fell out with Cromwell when Cromwell proclaimed himself lord protector after the self-dissolution of the last republican parliament . In the following years Harrison, who, unlike Cromwell, opposed state interference in the religious sphere, was imprisoned several times. After the Restoration in 1660, Harrison was arrested and tried and sentenced to death as one of the Regicides (" regicide "). Harrison, who differed from most of the other defendants by his political and religious positions, was hanged, gutted and quartered in London on October 13, 1660 .
literature
- Charles H. Firth: The Life of Thomas Harrison . 1893
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| SURNAME | Harrison, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General and Puritan at the time of the English Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1606 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1660 |
| Place of death | London |