Lieutenant Colonel Robert Duckenfield (1619–1689) was a Parliamentarian

Roundhead

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 commander during the English Civil War

English Civil War

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Family history

Robert Duckenfield came from Dukinfield

Dukinfield

Dukinfield is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies in central Tameside on the south bank of the River Tame, opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, and is east of the city of Manchester...

 in Cheshire

Cheshire

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 and was born to Robert and Frances Duckenfield in 1619. The Duckenfields were a noted local family and their history in Cheshire can be traced back to 13th century.
On 28 August 1619 he was baptised in Stockport

Stockport

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. Robert Duckenfield married Martha, the daughter of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Hesketh

Hesketh

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 in Lancashire

Lancashire

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. Their son, also called Robert, born c. 1642, was raised to a Baronetcy

Dukinfield Baronets

The Baronetcy of Dukinfield of Dukinfield, Cheshire was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 June 1665 for Robert Dukinfield, son of Colonel Robert Dukinfield.The Dukinfield family were seated at Dukinfield, Cheshire from the early 14th century...

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Civil War

Before the start of the Civil War, Duckenfield had become High Sheriff of Cheshire

High Sheriff of Cheshire

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 in 1625 . During the Civil War, he defended Stockport Bridge against Prince Rupert

Prince Rupert of the Rhine

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 and conducted the siege of Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe

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. In 1650, he was made the Governor of Chester

Chester

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. Most notably, he commanded the Parliamentary forces which captured the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

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Booth's rebellion

Towards the end of the Commonwealth, Sir George Booth

George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer

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led a rebellion against Richard Cromwell, the Lord Protector. Dukinfield was the principal commander who suppressed Booth's rebellion.