Hugh Peter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Peter

English preacher, political advisor and soldier

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1598

Place of Birth: Fowey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1660

Profession: cleric

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hugh Peter (or Peters) (baptized 29 June 1598 – 16 October 1660) was an English preacher, political advisor and soldier who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War, and became highly influential.
He employed a flamboyant preaching style that was considered highly effective in furthering the interests of the Puritan cause. From a radically Protestant family of Cornwall, England, though of part Dutch origin, Peters emigrated to a Puritan colony in America, where he first rose to prominence.
After spending time in Holland, he returned to England and became a close associate and propagandist for Oliver Cromwell.
Peters may have been the first to propose the trial and execution of Charles I and was believed to have assisted at the beheading. Peters unsuccessfully proposed revolutionary changes that would have disestablished the Church of England's role in landholding and strike at the heart of the legal title to property.
Disagreeing with the war against Protestant Holland and increasingly excluded after Cromwell's death, Peters's former outspokenness meant he faced reprisal following the Restoration and he was put to death as a regicide.

Gustavus Ellinthorpe Sintzenich (1821–1892)
Description	British
Date of birth/death	1821	1892
Location of birth	Liverpool
Authority control	: Q46115164