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Ralph Hopton, Baron Hopton
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Born 1596 • England
Died September 1652 (aged 56) • Brugge • Belgium
Political Affiliation Cavalier
Role In English Civil Wars • First English Civil War

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Baron Hopton of Stratton, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, William Cavendish, 1st duke of
William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
English commander
George Monck, detail of an oil painting after S. Cooper, c. 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Monck, 1st duke of Albemarle
British general
Henry Wilmot, 1st earl of Rochester
English noble
James Stanley, 7th earl of Derby
English commander
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
English Cavalier
Ulick Burke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard
Irish noble
Spencer Compton, 2nd earl of Northampton
English earl
Thomas Wentworth, earl of Cleveland
English noble
Sunderland, Henry Spencer, 1st earl of
Henry Spencer, 1st earl of Sunderland
English Cavalier
Charles I
Charles I
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Rupert, detail of a painting from the studio of Sir Peter Lely, c. 1670; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince Rupert
English commander
Marquess of Montrose
James Graham, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Montrose
Scottish general
1st Duke of Hamilton, detail of a portrait after Sir Anthony Van Dyck; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Hamilton, 3rd marquess and 1st duke of Hamilton
Scottish Royalist
Patrick Ruthven, earl of Forth
English army commander
Daniel O’Neill
Irish politician and soldier
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon
English statesman
John Lambert
John Lambert
English general
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax
English general
Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex
English noble