Thomas Wogan was a Welsh

Wales

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 and one of the regicide

Regicide

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s of King Charles I

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Wogan was the son of Sir John Wogan

John Wogan

Sir John Wogan was a Welsh politician.Wogan was the son of Sir William Wogan and his wife Sybil, and studied at Jesus College, Oxford. He was Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire in 1614, 1620–22, 1625, 1626, 1628–29, 1640 and 1640–1644. He was also High Sheriff of...

, who was MP for Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire

High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire

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. In 1646 Thomas Wogan was elected MP for Cardigan Boroughs. During the Second Civil War

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, he fought on the side of Parliament

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 at the Battle of St Fagans in 1648. After this battle, Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

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 promoted him to Colonel

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 and appointed him as governor of Aberystwyth Castle

Aberystwyth Castle

Aberystwyth Castle is an Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales that was built during the First Welsh War in the late 13th century. It was begun during Edward I's first Welsh campaign at the same time as work started at Flint, Rhuddlan and Builth...

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An enthusiastic supporter of the army, he was appointed a commissioner of the High Court of Justice

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 at the trial of King Charles. He attended every day and in January 1649, was 52nd of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the King.

After the Restoration

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 of the Monarchy in 1660, Wogan surrendered to the authorities. Held in York Castle

York Castle

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 until 1664, he managed to escape and fled to the Netherlands

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. The last record of him dates to 1666 and has him in Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

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 plotting, with Edmund Ludlow

Edmund Ludlow

Edmund Ludlow was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. After service in the English...

 and Algernon Sidney, against the English government.