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Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet

Scottish statesman
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Hesilrige also spelled:
Haselrig
Born:
c. 1601
Died:
January 7, 1661, London, England
Political Affiliation:
Roundhead
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Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet (born c. 1601—died January 7, 1661, London, England) was a leading English Parliamentarian from the beginning of the Long Parliament (1640) to the founding of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate (1653). He emerged briefly as a powerful figure during the confusion that followed the fall of the Protectorate in 1659. A native of Leicestershire, Hesilrige succeeded to his father’s baronetcy in 1629. He sat in both the Short and Long Parliaments in 1640 and played a major role in the impeachment of King Charles I’s chief minister, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1641). He was one ...(100 of 410 words)

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