John Jones Maesygarnedd | |
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| Birth name | John Jones |
| Born | c. 1597 Maesygarnedd, Llanbedr, Merionethshire, Wales |
| Died | 17 October 1660 Charing Cross, London |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
John Jones Maesygarnedd (c. 1597 – 17 October 1660) was a Welsh military leader and politician, known as one of the regicides of King Charles I following the English Civil War.[1][2] A brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell, Jones was a Parliamentarian and an avid republican at a time when most of Wales was Royalist, and became one of 57 commissioners that signed the death warrant authorising the execution of Charles I following his trial. After the Restoration of the monarchy, Jones was one of few excluded from the general amnesty in the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, and was tried, found guilty, then hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross.