Colonel Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles was an English politician and army officer who was one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil W
Portrait by Edward Bower, c. 1640
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare; "a bitter and disappointed father"
Charles attempts to arrest the Five Members, January 1642; a Victorian era re-imagining
Oliver Cromwell c. 1649; hostility towards Cromwell became a key component of Holles' political philosophy
First English Civil War
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The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An estimated 15% to 20% of adult males in England and Wale
Charles I of England, c. 1636
Edward Hyde, later Earl of Clarendon, c. 1643; originally part of the Parliamentary opposition, in 1642 he became Charles' chief advisor
John Pym, who led the opposition to Charles from 1640 until his death in December 1643
Charles' nephew and most talented general, Prince Rupert, popularised during the Victorian era as the archetypal Cavalier