John Cook (regicide)

"Fictitious portrait called John Cook" by Robert Cooper in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D17879).

John Cook or Cooke (baptised 18 September 1608[1] – 16 October 1660)[2][3] was the first Solicitor General of the English Commonwealth and led the prosecution of Charles I. Following The Restoration, Cook was convicted of regicide and hanged, drawn and quartered on 16 October 1660.[4]

  1. ^ Robertson 2005, p. 21.
  2. ^ Prest 2015.
  3. ^ Also spelt John Cooke, notably by Geoffrey Robertson
  4. ^ Potter 2015, p. 147.