Browne Bushell

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]

Blue Plaque put on Bagdale Hall, Whitby by Whitby Civic Society where Browne Bushell once lived
  1. ^ a b Jack Binns. Browne Bushell : Oxford Biography Index entry, Retrieved 1 May 2008
  2. ^ a b Staff. The History of Bagdale Hall Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 1 May 2008
  3. ^ MacLachlan, Tony Banks (2000). The Civil War in Hampshire. Rowanvale Books. p. 43. ISBN 0-9530785-3-1.
  4. ^ Granger, James (1824). A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the revolution. Vol. 4. p. 9.