Ancestry of Sir
Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

John Hampden

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Winston Churchill — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1042 
  • Father:
  • William Hampden 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Cromwell   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1595 
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  • 24 Jun 1643 
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  • Elizabeth Symeon
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  Ruth Hampden (Ahnentafel No:521 )

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  • John Hampden was an English parliamentary leader who stood trial for refusing to be taxed for ship money and whose attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I led to the Civil War. A Parliamentarian victory led to the execution of King Charles I and the establishment of Oliver Cromwell as leader.

    Parliamentary Leader

• Sources for John Hampden

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 207.
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine, 2008, Vol. 9.4, p. 46.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1920, Vol. 74, p. 137.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 270.
  • ⁵ Waters, Robert Edmond Chester, Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley, Their Ancestors and Descendants, Vol. 1, London: Robson and Sons (1878), 90-91.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "John Hampden", (accessed 01/07/2014).