Gilbert Millington
Gilbert Millington[1] (ca. 1598–1666) was a barrister and one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.[2]
Millington was the eldest son of Anthony Millington of Felley Abbey, Nottinghamshire and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, becaming a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1614.
He was elected as an M.P. for Nottingham, in the Long Parliament of 1640 and was made deputy-lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 1642. He was agent of communication between the Governor of Nottingham Castle, Colonel John Hutchinson (1615–1664), and the county committee, who were in dispute over the control of local troops. In 1649 he was energetic at the trial of Charles I and amongst those who signed the king's death-warrant. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 he was condemned to death, but his sentence was later commuted on appeal to life imprisonment.[3] He served his sentence in Jersey where he died in 1666.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ His name was spelt Gilbert Millingtonin the Proclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges (4 June 1660), but as Gilbert Myllington in House of Lords Journal Volume 11 7 February 1662
- ^ a b David Plant, Gilbert Millington, Regicide, c.1598-1666, the British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website, Retrieved 2009-07-22
- ^ Lee, Sidney (1903), Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome, p. 878 (also main entry xxxvii 440)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Millington, Gilbert". Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome. Cambridge University Press. p. 878.
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