Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
Sir John Hotham | |
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portrait by Cornelius Janssens | |
| Member of the England Parliament for Beverley | |
| In office 1625–1629 Serving with William Alford | |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Carey Edmund Scott |
| Succeeded by | Parliament suspended |
| In office 1640–1643 | |
| Preceded by | Parliament suspended |
| Succeeded by | Micheal Warton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. July 1589 |
| Died | 3 January 1645 |
| Resting place | All Hallows-by-the-Tower |
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Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (c. July 1589 – 3 January 1645) of Scorborough Hall, near Driffield, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament who was Governor of Hull in 1642 shortly before the start of the Civil War. He refused to allow King Charles I or any member of his entourage to enter the town, thereby depriving the king of access to the large arsenal contained within. Later in the Civil War he and his son John Hotham the younger were accused of treachery to the Parliamentarian cause, found guilty and executed on Tower Hill.