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Arthur Haselrig

Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet (1601 – 7 January 1661) was an English politician and military officer. A major critic of Charles I of England during the period of Personal Rule from 1629 to 1640, he was one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest sparked the First English Civil War in August 1642. As a leading Parliamentarian, he held various military and political posts during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Haselrig approved the execution of Charles I in January 1649, although he refused to participate in his trial, but later opposed Oliver Cromwell's creation of The Protectorate in 1653. In the political struggle which ended with the Stuart Restoration in May 1660, he sought to prevent the return of Charles II of England. Viewed as an opponent of the new regime, he was arrested and held in the Tower of London, where he died on 7 January 1661.

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• ▸Brian Horrocks
• ▸Greece
• ▸Cité de Carcassonne

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