Thomas Harrison (soldier)

Major-General
Thomas Harrison
Major-General Thomas Harrison
Nominated to Barebone's Parliament
	In office; February 1653 – December 1653
Member of Parliament; for Wendover
	In office; May 1646 – April 1653
Personal details
Born	1616; Newcastle-under-Lyme
Died	13 October 1660 (aged 44); Tyburn
Cause of death	Executed
Spouse	Catherine Harrison (1646–his death)
Children	3 died as infants
Occupation	Law clerk
Military service
Allegiance	Parliamentarians
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms Battle of Powick Bridge; Battle of Edgehill; Battle of Marston Moor; Battle of Naseby; Battle of Langport; Siege of Basing House; Siege of Oxford; Battle of Knutsford; Battle of Worcester; ;

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Major-General Thomas Harrison (1616 - 13 October 1660) was an English lawyer and military officer who fought for Parliamentarians and Commonwealth of England in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was also a prominent member of the radical religious sect known as the Fifth Monarchists. One of the regicides who approved the execution of Charles I in January 1649, Harrison was a strong supporter of Oliver Cromwell before the two fell out when The Protectorate was established in 1653. Following the 1660 Stuart Restoration, he was arrested, found guilty of treason as a regicide, and sentenced to death. Harrison was hanged, drawn and quartered on 13 October 1660, facing his execution with a courage noted by various observers, including the diarist Samuel Pepys.