Major-General Robert Overton c 1609 to 1678, was a member of the landed gentry from Yorkshire, who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and reached the rank of Major General in 1652.
17 Facts About Robert Overton
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Robert Overton's great-great-grandson, John Robert Overton was a judge at the Superior Court of Tennessee between 1804 and 1810.
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John's great-great-grandson, Richard Arvin Robert Overton of Austin, Texas was a supercentenarian, who was believed to be the oldest living man as well as the oldest World War II veteran in the United States.
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Robert Overton was allowed to fight without any definite rank and distinguished himself in the defence of Hull and at the Battle of Marston Moor.
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Robert Overton was acting governor during the siege of Pontefract Castle; it was reported that he was inconsiderate to Lady Cutler and refused to let Sir Gervaise Cutler be buried in the church.
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Robert Overton enthusiastically supported the trial of the King in late 1648 and early 1649, but wrote that he only wanted him deposed and not executed.
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When New Model Army returned to England in pursuit of the invading Royalist Scottish army, Robert Overton remained in Scotland as governor of Edinburgh.
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Robert Overton helped complete the subjugation of Scotland and commanded an expedition to reduce the garrison forces on Orkney.
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Robert Overton was accused of planning a military insurrection against the government and plotting to assassinate Monck.
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Robert Overton was appointed governor of Hull and again was unpopular, many referring to him as "Governor Overturn," because of his association with the Fifth Monarchists who used the phrase liberally.
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Robert Overton planned a stand, but he must have seen that defeat would have been inevitable.
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Pepys recorded that Robert Overton had told him that the arms were brought to London to sell.
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Robert Overton was briefly at liberty in the Autumn of 1661.
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Robert Overton issued a series of deeds to make provision for his mother, his wife and family and to avoid confiscation of his property by the Crown.
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Robert Overton [was] one of those steady Republicans whom Cromwell was unable to conciliate and was under the necessity of security.
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Robert Overton spent the years of his incarceration in Mont Orgueil Castle trying to establish his freedom.
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Robert Overton returned to England and lived his last years with or near his daughters and probably two sons in Rutland.