Charles Worsley
(1623-1656)

first Member for Manchester, Puritan soldier, and English Parliamentary Army Major General

Died aged c. 33

Charles Worsley (24 June 1622 – 12 June 1656) was an English soldier and politician. He was an ardent supporter of Oliver Cromwell and was an officer in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth of England. He sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and governed a district during the Rule of the Major-Generals.

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Manchester, United Kingdom

The family home of Charles Worsley MP (1623-1656) first Member for Manchester (1654), Puritan soldier and Cromwell's Major General.

Charles Worsley, Platt Hall, Rusholme, Manchester, United Kingdom where they lived