The Treaty of Newport was a failed treaty between Parliament and King Charles I of England

Charles I of England

Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...

, intended to bring an end to the hostilities of the English Civil War

English Civil War

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. Negotiations were conducted from 15 September, 1648, at Newport, Isle of Wight

Newport, Isle of Wight

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Parliament appointed 15 Commissioners: Denzil Holles led a faction that represented a more conservative, Presbyterian interest, and were more inclined for a settlement that favoured the Crown; Henry Vane the Younger

Henry Vane the Younger

Sir Henry Vane , son of Henry Vane the Elder , was an English politician, statesman, and colonial governor...

 lead a faction that represented a more moderate, Independent interest, and though they were by no means radical, they acted to secure a settlement which would guarantee the rights gained by Parliament in the Puritan Revolution. Other commissioners included John Glyn, Nathaniel Fiennes

Nathaniel Fiennes

Nathaniel Fiennes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659...

, William Pierrepont

William Pierrepont

William Pierrepont was an English politician.-Life:He was the second son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. Returned to the Long Parliament in 1640 as member for Great Wenlock, he threw his influence on the side of peace and took part for the parliament in the negotiations with...

, John Crewe

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene was an English Puritan politician, who sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was raised to a peerage by Charles II after the Restoration.-Career:...

, John Potts, Samuel Browne, John Bulkeley, Lords Pembroke

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

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, Salisbury

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury

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, Middlesex

James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex

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, Northumberland

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland

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, Saye and Sele

William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele

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, and Wenman.