biography
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Haselrig, Sir Arthur
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also spelled Hesilrige
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pronunciation:
[hayzlrig]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–1661)
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| biography:
| English parliamentarian. In 1640 he sat in the Long and Short Parliaments for his native county, Leicestershire, and was one of the five members whose attempted seizure by Charles I in 1642 precipitated the Civil War. He commanded a parliamentary regiment, and in 1647 became Governor of Newcastle upon Tyne. After the Restoration, he died a prisoner in the Tower. |
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