Eleven Members
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The Eleven Members were members of the House of Commons of England, who were identified by commanders of the New Model Army as their principal opponents. They were suspended and forced into exile for
Denzil Holles, one of the Eleven Members, and leader of the Presbyterian faction in Parliament
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
Eleven Members
…Civil War intensified an internal political struggle over a settlement with Charles I. From 1643 on, Parliament was split into a 'Peace Party', led by Denzil Holles, who sought a negotiated end to the conflict. The 'War Party' argued there could be no negotiation until military victory, its best known member being…
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