Daniel Axtell | |
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 Colonel Daniel Axtell | |
| Member of Parliament for Counties of Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's | |
| In office September 1654 – January 1655 | |
| Governor of Kilkenny | |
| In office March 1650 – November 1656 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1622 (baptised) Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire |
| Died | 19 October 1660 (aged 38) Tyburn, London |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | Elizabeth |
| Children | William; Daniel (1640–1683) |
| Occupation | Religious radical, regicide, and Parliamentarian soldier |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | |
Colonel Daniel Axtell, baptised 26 May 1622, executed 19 October 1660, was a religious radical from Hertfordshire, who served with the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was in charge of security during the trial of Charles I in January 1649, and as a result was excluded from the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion after the 1660 Stuart Restoration. As a regicide, he was executed for treason on 19 October 1660.