Charles Worsley

Charles Worsley
Major General Charles Worsley

Charles Worsley (1622–1656) was an English soldier and politician. He was an ardent supporter of Oliver Cromwell and was an officer in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. He sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and governed a district during the Rule of the Major-Generals.[1]

Worsley was the son of Ralph Worsley, of The Platt, Rusholme and his wife Isabel Massy, daughter of Edward Massy of Manchester.[2] He was a parliamentary captain in Lancashire in 1644. By 1650 he was lieutenant colonel of regiment raised in Lancashire for Cromwell. In 1651 he was employed in reduction of Isle of Man. He commanded the detachment used in the expulsion of the Long Parliament[3] in 1653 and took charge of the "bauble" when Cromwell ordered it to be removed.[2]

In 1654, Worsley was elected the first Member of Parliament for Manchester in the First Protectorate Parliament.[4][3] During the Rule of the Major-Generals, Worsley governed a district consisting of Cheshire, Lancashire and Staffordshire.[1][3] He confiscated the property of Royalists, put Roman Catholics in jail, suppressed horse-racing, and promoted the public good according to his own ideals. He died suddenly in 1656 at the age of 35 and was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey.[2]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLee, Sidney, ed (1903). "Worsley, Charles". Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome. Cambridge University Press. p. 1437. 

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Newly enfranchised
Member of Parliament for Manchester
1654
Succeeded by
Richard Radcliffe



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