John Okey

John Okey JP
Colonel John Okey
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
In office January 1659 – May 1659
Member of Parliament for Boroughs of Linlithgow, South Queensferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling
In office September 1654 – January 1655
Personal details
Born	24 August 1606 (baptised) City of London, England
Died	19 April 1662(1662-04-19) (aged 55) Tower Hill, London
Resting place	Tower of London
Spouse(s)	(1) Susanna Pearson (1630–1656) (2) Mary Blackwell (1658-his death)
Children	John (b.1640)
Occupation	Religious radical, regicide, and Parliamentarian soldier
Military service
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms Siege of Lichfield Cropredy Bridge Naseby Bristol 1645 St Fagans Siege of Pembroke Castle Siege of Stirling Castle Siege of Dundee

Colonel John Okey (baptised 24 August 1606, died 19 April 1662) was a religious radical from London, who served in the Parliamentarian army throughout the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A supporter of Oliver Cromwell, he was one of those who approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649.

Despite his friendship with Cromwell, Okey criticised his appointment as Lord Protector, and was forced to resign from the army in 1654. In 1659, he was elected as an MP in the Third Protectorate Parliament, and opposed the 1660 Stuart Restoration. Excluded from the 1660 Indemnity and Oblivion Act as a regicide, he took refuge in the Dutch Republic, but was extradited to England and executed on 19 April 1662.