John Hampden, English politician (born 1595)

John Hampden, c. June 1595 – to 24 June 1643, was a member of the landed gentry from Buckinghamshire, who was killed fighting for Parliament in the First English Civil War. An ally of Parliamentarian leader John Pym, and a cousin of Oliver Cromwell, he was one of the Five Members whom Charles I of England tried to arrest in January 1642, a significant step in the outbreak of fighting in August. All five are commemorated at the State Opening of Parliament each year.