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
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
John Lambert (general)
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Major-General John Lambert was an English army officer and politician. Widely regarded as one of the most talented commanders of the era, he fought on the Parliamentarian side throughout the Wars of t
Thomas Birch (English Parliamentarian)
…II led by Sir George Booth, who fought with Birch during the First English Civil War. Mainly confined to Cheshire, the revolt was quickly defeated by General Lambert, although its leaders escaped punishment. Birch remained neutral, although Henry Newcome urged his congregation to join the rising, while Liverpool…
Portrait by Robert Walker, c. 1650
Thomas Fairfax; Lambert's mentor in the 1640s and commander of the New Model Army, he resigned in protest at the execution of Charles I in January 1649
Engraving of Lambert by Michael Vandergucht, 1717