John Pym, English politician (born 1583)

John Pym

17th-century English statesman and opponent of Charles I

John Pym, 20 May 1584 to 8 December 1643, was a politician from Somerset who played a key role in establishing the modern English Parliamentary system. One of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in January 1642 was a major step in sparking the First English Civil War, his…