Daniel Axtell

Daniel Axtell
Colonel Daniel Axtell
Member of Parliament for Counties of Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's
In office September 1654 – January 1655
Governor of Kilkenny
In office March 1650 – November 1656
Personal details
Born	26 May 1622 (baptised) Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Died	19 October 1660(1660-10-19) (aged 38) Tyburn, London
Nationality	English
Spouse	Elizabeth
Children	William; Daniel (1640–1683)
Occupation	Religious radical, regicide, and Parliamentarian soldier
Military service
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms Marston Moor Second Newbury Defence of Abingdon Battle of Naseby Bridgwater Bristol 1645 Basing House Siege of Exeter Battle of Maidstone Siege of Drogheda Siege of Kilkenny Battle of Meelick Island

Colonel Daniel Axtell, baptised 26 May 1622, executed 19 October 1660, was a religious radical from Hertfordshire, who served with the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was in charge of security during the trial of Charles I in January 1649, and as a result was excluded from the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion after the 1660 Stuart Restoration. As a regicide, he was executed for treason on 19 October 1660.