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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Predicate Object
instanceOf English politician
Member of Parliament
opponent of absolute monarchy
parliamentarian
person
activeYears 1621-1643
birthDate 1595-06-24
birthPlace 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 NERFINISHED
era Stuart period
ethnicGroup English
familyName Hampden
fullName John Hampden
givenName John
hasOccupation landowner
politician
hasRelative 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 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 (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hampden, Maine
namedAfter
John Hampden
fullName
John Hampden ("John Hampden (the younger)")
hasRelative
Short Parliament
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