John Birch (Roundhead)
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Colonel John Birch was a soldier and politician from Manchester in England. He fought for the Parliamentarians in the First English Civil War, and was a Member of Parliament at various times between 1
John Birch's monument, St Peter & St Paul's, Weobley
Samuel Pepys, who worked closely with Birch on funding the Royal Navy
Thomas Birch, c. 5 June 1608 to 5 August 1678, was an English landowner, soldier and radical Puritan who fought for Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and sat in the House of Commons at var
John Birch (Roundhead)
…religious policy split Parliament between moderates like Birch, and more radical religious Independents such as Oliver Cromwell, including his cousin Thomas Birch. After the Second English Civil War he was excluded from Parliament in Pride's Purge of 6 December 1648. Birch met with Charles II prior to the Battle…
Plaque marking Liverpool Castle; Birch was Governor 1644 to 1655
The Earl of Derby, Royalist leader in the North-West from 1642 to 1643, executed in 1651
Portrait identified as George Booth, a former colleague who led Booth's Uprising in 1659