Portrait of John Hampden, English politician and MP, mid 17th century. Artist: William Dobson.

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Portrait of John Hampden, English politician and MP, mid 17th century. Hampden (1594-1643) was an English Parliamentary leader who opposed King Charles I over ship money, an episode in the controversies that ultimately led to the English Civil Wars. He was fatally wounded fighting on the Parliamentarian side in a skirmish at Chalgrove Field in Oxfordshire on 18 June 1643. Painting in Kenwood House, London, from the Suffolk Collection, London.

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