Philip Skippon

Philip Skippon

Philip Skippon (c. 1600, West Lexham, Norfolk – c. 20 February 1660) supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War as a senior officer in the New Model Army. Prior to the war he fought in the religious wars on the continent. During the Interregnum he was a member of Parliament, an active soldier and on occasions a government administrator.[1][2]

  1. ^ M. Noble, Memoirs of the Protectorate-house of Cromwell: Deduced from an Early Period, 2 vols (Birmingham, 1784), II, pp. 480-81 (Google).
  2. ^ Firth, C.H. (1897). "Skippon, Philip" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co. ; Gentles, I.J. (2004). "Skippon, Philip, appointed Lord Skippon under the Protectorate (d. 1660)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25693. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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