Sir Thomas Fairfax

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English general Member of Parliament Parliamentarian commander nobleman

Sir Thomas Fairfax was a leading Parliamentarian general during the English Civil War, best known for organizing and commanding the New Model Army to decisive victories against Royalist forces.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Captain-General of the New Model Army 1
Sir Thomas Fairfax the Younger 1
Sir Thomas Fairfax – Parliamentarian 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English general ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Parliamentarian commander ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
allegiance Parliament of England ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
surface form: Lord Fairfax of Cameron

Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
surface form: Sir Thomas Fairfax the Younger
appointedAsCaptainGeneral 1645 ⓘ
battle Battle of Langport ⓘ
Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ
Battle of Naseby ⓘ
Battle of Selby ⓘ
Bishops' Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Bishops' War

Siege of Colchester ⓘ
Siege of Oxford ⓘ
birthDate 1612-01-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Dent, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
child Mary Fairfax ⓘ
collaboratedWith Henry Ireton ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
conflict English Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1637-06-20 ⓘ
deathDate 1671-11-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
father Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
fullName Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
ideology Parliamentarian ⓘ
knownFor Commanding the New Model Army ⓘ
Decisive victory at the Battle of Naseby ⓘ
Leading Parliamentarian forces to victory over Royalists ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ
surface form: Long Parliament

New Model Army ⓘ
militaryBranch New Model Army ⓘ
surface form: Parliamentarian Army
militaryRank General ⓘ
mother Ellen Aske ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
notableWork New Model Army ⓘ
surface form: Organization of the New Model Army
opposedBy Royalists ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Hull ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
participatedIn Second English Civil War ⓘ
placeOfBurial Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
positionHeld Sir Thomas Fairfax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Captain-General of the New Model Army

Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
religion Protestant ⓘ
resignedCommand 1650 ⓘ
spouse Anne Vere ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Naseby → NewModelArmyCommander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Naseby → ParliamentarianCommander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax → alsoKnownAs → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Fairfax the Younger
Thomas Fairfax → alsoKnownAs → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Siege of Oxford → commandedBy → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Langport → commander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Naseby → commander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Preston (1648) → commander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Preston (1648) → involvedPerson → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
New Model Army → notableCommander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax → positionHeld → Sir Thomas Fairfax self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Captain-General of the New Model Army
Battle of Langport → sideOfCommander → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Fairfax – Parliamentarian
Self-Denying Ordinance → significantFigure → Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ