Hardress Waller
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Sir Hardress Waller (c. 1604 - 1666), cousin of Sir William Waller, was also a parliamentarian of note.
Knighted by Charles I in 1629, he gained military experience in serving against the rebels in Ireland; then from 1645 to the conclusion of the Civil War he was in England commanding a regiment in the New Model Army. He was Colonel Pride's chief assistant when the latter purged the House of Commons in 1648, and he was one of the king's judges and one of those who signed the death warrant.
During the next few years Waller served in Ireland, finally returning to England in 1660. After the restoraLion he fled to France, but soon surrendered himself to the authorities as a regicide, his life being spared owing to the efforts of his friends. He was, however, kept in prison and was still a captive when he died.
See M Noble, Lives of the Regicides (1798).