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| Picture No | 10934338 |
| Date | circa 1640s |
| Description | John Hewson - Colonel, parliamentarian, regicide. |
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Colonel John Hewson (Hughson) (-1662) - A shoemaker who rose to rank of general in Cromwell's army and was a soldier in the New Model Army. In 1648, Hewson played a key role in Pride's Purge and the Army's occupation of London. In 1649, he signed the death warrant of King Charles I, making him a regicide. He escaped at the Restoration and lived in exile.
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| Source | Engraving by R.Cooper from a print by Vandergaucht |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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