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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads. However, he was unable and unwilling to score a decisive blow against the Royalist army of King Charles I. He was eventually overshadowed by the ascendancy of Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax and resigned his commission in 1646.
  • Personal 

  • Role in starting the English Civil War: 1640–1642 

  • Role in the First English Civil War: 1642–1646 

  • Battle of Edgehill, 23 October 1642 

  • Battle of Brentford and the Battle of Turnham Green, 12–13 November 1642 

  • First Battle of Newbury, 20 September 1643 

  • Lostwithiel Campaign, June–September 1644 

  • Death and funeral 

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