Browne Bushell

{{Short description|English Civil War-era naval officer}}

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Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), was an English Civil War-era naval officer. He initially sided with the Roundheads. On the night of 15 August 1641 he led a small parliamentary force in a cutting out operation to capture the Henrietta Marie in Portsmouth harbour.{{cite book |title=The Civil War in Hampshire |last=MacLachlan|first1=Tony Banks |year=2000 |publisher=Rowanvale Books |isbn=0-9530785-3-1 |page=43}} In 1643 he switched to the royalist side.{{cite book |title=A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the revolution |volume=4 |last=Granger |first=James |authorlink=James Granger |year=1824 |page=9 }} He was executed for treason in March 1651.Jack Binns. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004161/ Browne Bushell : Oxford Biography Index entry], Retrieved 1 May 2008Staff. [http://www.bagdale.co.uk/The_Hotel_History_01.html The History of Bagdale Hall] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225162801/http://www.bagdale.co.uk/The_Hotel_History_01.html |date=25 February 2008 }}, Retrieved 1 May 2008

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