Henry Danvers (Baptist)
Henry Danvers (8 July 1622 to before March 1687) was an English religious and political radical from Leicestershire. He sided with Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, serving on the Committee for Staffordshire from 1647 to 1652 and as Governor of Stafford from 1650 to 1652, during which time he became a General Baptist. He also contributed to the constitutional manifesto known as An Agreement of the People and was nominated as MP for Leicestershire in the short-lived Barebone's Parliament of 1653. Following the 1660 Stuart Restoration, he was associated with numerous plots to overthrow the regime and died in Utrecht in 1687.
Henry Danvers | |
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"Murder will Out", a pamphlet published by Danvers in 1684 claiming the July 1683 suicide of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex was in fact state-sponsored murder | |
| Commissioner, Staffordshire Militia | |
| In office July 1659 – April 1660 | |
| Member of Parliament for Leicestershire (Nominated to Barebone's Parliament) | |
| In office July 1653 – December 1653 | |
| Governor of Stafford | |
| In office 1650–1652 | |
| Parliamentary Committee for Staffordshire | |
| In office 1647–1652 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1622 Swithland, Leicestershire |
| Died | 1687 age 65 (approximate) Utrecht, Dutch Republic |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | Anne Coke (1644–1686 her death) |
| Children | Samuel (1652–1693), Mercy (1654–1702) and William (1666–1740) (four others died young) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Political radical and preacher |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarians |
| Rank | Colonel |
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