Sir Thomas Fairfax

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:English_Civil_War
gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkb:New_Model_Army
gptkb:Parliamentarians
gptkbp:birthDate 17 January 1612
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dent,_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Helen's_Church,_Bilbrough
gptkbp:child gptkb:Mary_Fairfax
gptkbp:co-commander gptkb:Philip_Skippon
gptkb:Oliver_Cromwell
gptkbp:deathDate 12 November 1671
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Nun_Appleton,_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:father gptkb:Ferdinando_Fairfax,_2nd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Thomas Fairfax
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:English_Civil_War
gptkbp:militaryAchievement None (no formal awards at the time)
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Parliamentarian_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:militaryService 1642–1650
gptkbp:monarchServed gptkb:Charles_II_(restoration_period)
Charles I (opposed)
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Black_Tom
gptkbp:notableAction Advocated for moderate settlement after the war
Instrumental in the defeat of Royalist forces
Led Parliamentarian forces to victory at Naseby
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Marston_Moor
gptkb:Siege_of_Oxford
gptkb:Battle_of_Naseby
gptkbp:notableEvent Helped restore Charles II
Resigned command before the trial of Charles I
Refused to participate in the regicide of Charles I
gptkbp:notableWork Commander-in-Chief of the New Model Army
gptkbp:parliamentaryService gptkb:Member_of_Parliament_for_Yorkshire
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Robert_Walker
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ferdinando_Fairfax,_2nd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Nun_Appleton_Hall
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Bilbrough,_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:signature Thomas Fairfax signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_de_Vere
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Fairfax,_4th_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
gptkbp:title gptkb:3rd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Memoirs_of_Thomas,_Third_Lord_Fairfax
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5