John Hampden
/ˌdʒɒn ˈhæmdən/
/ˌdʒɑːn ˈhæmdən/
- (1594-1643) an English politician who opposed King Charles I by refusing to pay the tax called ship money. He was one of the Members of Parliament the king tried to arrest in 1642, an action which started the English Civil War. Hampden himself was killed in the war.
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