Browne Bushell

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), was an English Civil War-era naval officer.[1][2] He initially sided with the Roundheads. On the night of 15 August 1641 he led a small parliamentary force in a cutting out operation to capture the Henrietta Marie in Portsmouth harbour.[3] In 1643 he switched to the royalist side.[4] He was executed for treason in March 1651.[1][2]

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Blue Plaque put on Bagdale Hall, Whitby by Whitby Civic Society where Browne Bushell once lived

References

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  1. a b Jack Binns. Browne Bushell : Oxford Biography Index entry, Retrieved 1 May 2008
  2. a b Staff. The History of Bagdale Hall Template:Webarchive, Retrieved 1 May 2008
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Further reading

  • Jack Binns, 'Bushell, Browne (bap. 1609, d. 1651)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
  • Jack Binns, "Captain Browne Bushell: North Sea adventurer and pirate", Northern History, 27 (1991), 90–105.

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