Humphrey Mackworth (Parliamentarian)

For Humphrey Mackworth's son and successor as governor of Shrewsbury, see Humphrey Mackworth (born 1631). For Humphrey Mackworth's grandson, industrialist and fraudster, see Humphrey Mackworth.

Humphrey Mackworth
Parliamentarian military governor of Shrewsbury
In office
March 1645 but not appointed by House of Commons until 2 June 1646 – December 1654
Vice Chamberlain of Chester
In office
1648–1654
Deputy chief justice of the Chester circuit
In office
1649–1654
Member of Protector's Council
In office
September 1654 – December 1654
Member of First Protectorate Parliament for Shropshire
In office
7 February 1654 – December 1654
Personal details
Born27 January 1603
Betton Strange, Shropshire
DiedDecember 1654 (aged 51)
London
Spouses
  • Anne Waller
  • Mary Venables
Children8, including Thomas and Humphrey
Relatives
ProfessionLawyer, politician, soldier, judge, landowner.

Humphrey Mackworth (27 January 1603 – December 1654)[1] was an English lawyer, judge, and politician of Shropshire landed gentry origins who rose to prominence in the Midlands, the Welsh Marches and Wales during the English Civil War. He was the Parliamentarian military governor of Shrewsbury in the later phases of the war and under The Protectorate. He occupied several important legal and judicial posts in Chester and North Wales, presiding over the major trials that followed the Charles Stuart's invasion in 1651. In the last year of his life, he attained national prominence as a member of Oliver Cromwell's Council and as a Member of the House of Commons for Shropshire in the First Protectorate Parliament.

  1. ^ Gaunt, Peter. "Mackworth, Humphrey". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37716. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)