Thomas Fairfax

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English general human military commander nobleman politician

Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.

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Thomas Fairfax canonical 9
Thomas Fairfax (nominally, but not present) 1

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instanceOf English general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance Parliament of England ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
birthDate 1612-01-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Dent, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1671-11-12 ⓘ
education St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
familyName Fairfax ⓘ
father 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
surface form: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced development of professional standing armies in England ⓘ
knownFor leading Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories ⓘ
military discipline and organizational reforms ⓘ
moderation toward defeated Royalists ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch New Model Army ⓘ
Parliamentarian army ⓘ
militaryRank commander-in-chief ⓘ
nobleTitle Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ
Battle of Naseby ⓘ
Siege of Colchester ⓘ
Siege of Oxford ⓘ
notableEvent English Civil War ⓘ
notableWork command of the New Model Army ⓘ
opposed absolute royal authority of Charles I ⓘ
participatedIn English Civil War ⓘ
surface form: First English Civil War

Second English Civil War ⓘ
positionHeld Lord General of the Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
commander-in-chief of the New Model Army ⓘ
predecessor Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
refusedToSign death warrant of Charles I ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Nun Appleton Hall, Yorkshire ⓘ
servedUnder Parliament of England ⓘ
signed various Parliamentarian military orders ⓘ
spouse Anne Vere ⓘ
successor Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
supported Presbyterian political interests at times ⓘ

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English Civil War → commandedBy → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Third English Civil War → hasCommander → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax → fullName → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Worcester (1651) → commander → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Fairfax (nominally, but not present)
Second English Civil War → hasOpposingCommander → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms → notableCommander → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Interregnum → keyFigure → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron → name → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Siege of York (1644) → commander → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
Battle of Maidstone → commander → Thomas Fairfax ⓘ