John Hampden

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John Hampden was a prominent 17th-century English parliamentarian and leading opponent of King Charles I’s taxation policies, whose resistance helped catalyze the events leading to the English Civil War.

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John Hampden canonical 18
John Hampden (the younger) 1
bust of John Hampden 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English politician
Member of Parliament
opponent of absolute monarchy
parliamentarian
person
activeYears 1621-1643
birthDate 1595-06-24
birthPlace London
linked to: London, England
causeOfDeath wounds received in battle
child Ruth Hampden
commemoratedBy statue in Aylesbury
statue in St Stephen’s Hall, Palace of Westminster
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1643-06-24
educatedAt Inner Temple
Magdalen College, Oxford
era Stuart period
ethnicGroup English
familyName Hampden
fullName John Hampden
givenName John
hasOccupation landowner
politician
hasRelative John Hampden (the younger)
linked to: John Hampden
influenced English parliamentary cause
development of constitutional government in England
knownFor Leading figure in resistance to royal taxation
Opposition to King Charles I’s ship money tax
Role in events leading to the English Civil War
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memberOf English gentry
Parliament of England
militaryRank colonel
notableWork Resistance to ship money
linked to: Grand Remonstrance
opposedBy Charles I of England
opposes arbitrary taxation
ship money
participantIn Battle of Chalgrove Field
English Civil War
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
Member of Parliament for Wendover
religion Protestantism
Puritanism
residence Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire
Hampden House
spouse Elizabeth Simeon

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Short Parliament notableFigure John Hampden
subject linked to: Short Parliament 1640
Hampden, Maine namedAfter John Hampden
John Hampden fullName John Hampden
John Hampden hasRelative John Hampden (the younger)
linked to: John Hampden
Hamden, Connecticut namedAfter John Hampden
Temple of British Worthies hasPart bust of John Hampden
linked to: John Hampden
Hampden hasNotableBearer John Hampden
Hampden House associatedWith John Hampden
Battle of Chalgrove Field commander John Hampden
Battle of Chalgrove Field casualty John Hampden
Magdalen Hall, Oxford educated John Hampden
Ruth Hampden relative John Hampden
Ruth Hampden father John Hampden
Elizabeth Simeon spouse John Hampden
Elizabeth Simeon notableRelative John Hampden