John Pym
Politician
1584 – 1643
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Who was John Pym?
John Pym was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of Kings James I and then Charles I. He was one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons of England in 1642 sparked the Civil War.
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- Born
- 1584
Bridgwater - Education
- Pembroke College, Oxford
- Employment
- Treasurer, Providence Island Company
(1630 - )
- Treasurer, Providence Island Company
- Died
- Dec 8, 1643
- Resting place
- St Margaret's, Westminster
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on July 23, 2013
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