Thomas Wogan

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Thomas Wogan (born circa 1620) was a Welsh Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.

In 1646 he was elected MP for Cardigan. During the Second Civil War, he fought on the side of Parliament at the Battle of St Fagans in 1648. After this battle, Oliver Cromwell promoted him to Colonel and appointed him as governor of Aberystwyth Castle.

In January 1649, as a commissioner of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, he was 52nd of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the King.

After the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, Wogan surrendered to the authorities. Held in York Castle until 1664, he managed to escape and fled to the Netherlands. The last record of him dates to 1666 and has him in Utrecht plotting against the English government.