Robert Wallop

Robert Wallop (1601-1667), was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England. Only son of Sir Henry Wallop, a wealthy and powerful Hampshire gentleman who owned substantial estates in Ireland, Robert Wallop married Anne Wriothesley, daughter of the Earl of Southampton. Wallop represented Andover in the Short and Long Parliaments (1640), and became prominent on committees dealing with Ireland — particularly after the Irish Uprising of 1641 threatened his family estates in Wexford. Wallop supported Parliament in the civil wars. An influential member of the county committee for Hampshire, Wallop was appointed to the Committee for Both Kingdoms in 1644.

Although he was appointed to the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles, Wallop rarely attended the sessions of the court and did not sign the King's death warrant. Brought to trial at the Restoration, Wallop claimed that he had attended the King's trial at the request of several prominent Royalists in order to try to moderate the proceedings. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Wallop died in the Tower of London in 1667.

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