James Berry (Major-General)
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James Berry was a Parliamentary Major-General who fought in the English Civil War
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Berry was a major-general; clerk in ironworks, Shropshire, ca. 1642; took service under Cromwell; captain-lieutenant at battle of Gainsborough
, 1643; president of council of adjutators, 1647; employed in suppressing attempted rising in Nottinghamshire, 1665; major-general of Hereford, Shropshire, and Wales, 1655; member of Cromwell's House of Lords; member of Council of State and of committee who nominated to offices, 1659; imprisoned (1660) by Council of State in Scarborough Castle
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English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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Berry was a major-general; clerk in ironworks, Shropshire, ca. 1642; took service under Cromwell; captain-lieutenant at battle of Gainsborough
Battle of Gainsborough
The Battle of Gainsborough was a battle in the English Civil War, fought on 28 July 1643.-Prelude:When the English Civil War was declared, Gainsborough in Lincolnshire lay in an area which supported Parliament, but the town itself had Royalist sympathies...
, 1643; president of council of adjutators, 1647; employed in suppressing attempted rising in Nottinghamshire, 1665; major-general of Hereford, Shropshire, and Wales, 1655; member of Cromwell's House of Lords; member of Council of State and of committee who nominated to offices, 1659; imprisoned (1660) by Council of State in Scarborough Castle
Scarborough Castle
Scarborough Castle is a former medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England...
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