Thomas Wogan (born circa 1620) was a
WelshWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
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and one of the
regicideThe broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a monarch. In a narrower sense, in the British tradition, it refers to the judicial execution of a king after alleged due process of law....
s of King
Charles ICharles I, , the second son of James VI of Scotland and I of England, was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England...
.
Wogan was the son of
Sir John WoganSir John Wogan was a Welsh politician.Wogan was the son of Sir William Wogan and his wife Sybil, and studied at Jesus College, Oxford. He was Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire in 1614, 1620–22, 1625, 1626, 1628–29, 1640 and 1640–1644. He was also High Sheriff of...
, who was MP for
PembrokeshirePembrokeshire was a parliamentary constituency based on the county of Pembrokeshire in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...
and
High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire-List of Sheriffs:*1543: Sir John Wogan, of Wiston*1554: Sir John Wogan, of Wiston*1566: John Wogan, of Boulston*1567: John Wogan, of Wiston *1572: John Wogan, of Wiston*1574: John Wogan, of Boulston*1584: John Wogan, of Boulston...
. In 1646 Thomas Wogan was elected MP for
CardiganCardigan is a town in the county of Ceredigion in Mid Wales. It lies on the estuary of the River Teifi at the point where Ceredigion meets Pembrokeshire. It was the county town of the pre-1974 county of Cardiganshire...
. During the
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, he fought on the side of
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at the Battle of St Fagans in 1648. After this battle,
Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.He was one of the commanders of the New Model Army which defeated the royalists in...
promoted him to
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and appointed him as governor of
Aberystwyth CastleAberystwyth Castle is located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales.right|thumb|Aberystwyth Castle's North GateThe construction of Aberystwyth Castle began in 1277. The area had hosted other castles before it, the earliest being a fortress dating back to the Iron Age.Aberystwyth Castle was built as...
.
In January 1649, as a commissioner of the
High Court of JusticeThe High Court of Justice is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
at the trial of King Charles, he was
52nd of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the King.
After the
RestorationThe English Restoration, often shortened to the Restoration, began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Commonwealth of England that followed the English Civil War...
of the Monarchy in 1660, Wogan surrendered to the authorities. Held in
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until 1664, he managed to escape and fled to the
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. The last record of him dates to 1666 and has him in
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plotting against the English government.