Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet

Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet (born c. 1601—died January 7, 1661, London, England) was a leading English Parliamentarian from the beginning of the Long Parliament (1640) to the founding of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate (1653). He emerged briefly as a powerful figure during the confusion that followed the fall of the Protectorate in 1659. A native of Leicestershire, Hesilrige succeeded to his father’s baronetcy in 1629. He sat in both the Short and Long Parliaments in...