John Hampden

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English politician Member of Parliament opponent of absolute monarchy parliamentarian person

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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All labels observed (3)

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

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English politician ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ opponent of absolute monarchy ⓘ parliamentarian ⓘ person ⓘ
activeYears	1621-1643 ⓘ
birthDate	1595-06-24 ⓘ
birthPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
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 self-link ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasOccupation	landowner ⓘ politician ⓘ
hasRelative	John Hampden self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Hampden (the younger)
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	Grand Remonstrance ⓘ surface form: Resistance to ship money
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Short Parliament 1640 → notableFigure → John Hampden ⓘ

subject surface form: Short Parliament

Hampden County, Massachusetts → namedAfter → John Hampden ⓘ

Hampden, Maine → namedAfter → John Hampden ⓘ

John Hampden → fullName → John Hampden self-link ⓘ

John Hampden → hasRelative → John Hampden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Hampden (the younger)

Hamden, Connecticut, United States → namedAfter → John Hampden ⓘ

subject surface form: Hamden, Connecticut

Committee of Safety (English Parliament) → hasMember → John Hampden ⓘ

Temple of British Worthies → hasPart → John Hampden ⓘ

this entity surface form: bust of John Hampden

Hampden → hasNotableBearer → John Hampden ⓘ

Hampden House → associatedWith → John Hampden ⓘ

Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire → associatedWith → John Hampden ⓘ

Battle of Chalgrove Field → commander → John Hampden ⓘ

Battle of Chalgrove Field → casualty → John Hampden ⓘ

Battle of Chalgrove Field → combatantLeaderKilledOrMortallyWounded → John Hampden ⓘ

Battle of Chalgrove Field → notablePerson → 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 ⓘ