John Dixwell
English regicide
Biography
John Dixwell, alias James Davids (c. 1607 – 18 March 1689), was an English lawyer, republican politician and regicide. Born in Warwickshire, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms he held various administrative positions in Kent on behalf of Parliament, and approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649. Under the Commonwealth, he served as Governor of Dover Castle, and was a member of the English Council of State.
Aware that he faced likely prosecution as a regicide, Dixwell fled to Germany shortly before the May 1660 Stuart Restoration, and was condemned to death by Parliament. He later made his way to New Haven, Connecticut, where he lived quietly under the name of James Davids, untroubled by the authorities, who thought him dead. He died in 1689.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England
- Member of the 1642-48 Parliament
- Member of the 1648-53 Parliament
Family
- Parents
- Edward/William Dixwell
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