John Hotham, the younger

Sir John Hotham the younger (1610 – 2 January 1645) was the eldest son of John Hotham and an English Member of Parliament during the civil war.[1]

Hotham was son of Sir John Hotham; served in Netherlands; M.P., Scarborough, 1640; secured Hull for parliament, 1642; joined Fairfax, 1642; fought at Tadcaster and Sherburn; defeated at Ancaster Heath, 1643; imprisoned at Nottingham on charges of misconduct and suspicion of treachery, 1643; opened negotiations with Charles I's queen and escaped; arrested with his father; tried by court-martial and beheaded.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ David Plant, The Hothams, the British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website
  2. ↑ Lee 1903, p. 646.

References

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Hotham, John Jr. (d.1645)". Dictionary of National Biography. Index and Epitome. Cambridge University Press. p. 646. 

Further reading

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Hotham, John Jr. (d.1645).



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