See also:HURRY (or URRV), See also:SIR See also:JOHN (d. 165o)
, See also:British soldier, was See also:born in See also:Aberdeenshire, and saw much service as a See also:young See also:man in See also:Germany
.
In 1641 he returned See also:home and became Lieut.-See also:Colonel in a Scottish See also:regiment
.
At the end of the same See also:year he was involved in the See also:plot known as the " Incident." At the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War See also:Hurry joined the See also:army of the See also:earl of See also:Essex, and was distinguished at Edgehill and See also:Brentford
.
See also:Early in 1643 he deserted to the Royalists, bringing with him See also:information on which See also:Rupert acted at once
.
Thus was brought about the See also:action of Chalgrove See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field, where Hurry again showed conspicuous valour; he was knighted on the same evening
.
In 1644 he was with Rupert at See also:Marston See also:Moor, where with See also:Lucas he led the victorious See also:left wing of See also:horse
.
But a little later, thinking the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's cause lost, he again deserted, and eventually was sent with See also:Baillie against See also:Montrose in the See also:Highlands
.
His
1907), s.v
.
See also:HURLSTONE-HURRY 959
detached operations were conducted with See also:great skill, but his See also:attempt to surprise Montrose's See also:camp at Auldearn ended in a See also:complete disaster, partly on See also:account of the See also:accident of the men discharging their pieces before starting on the See also:march
.
Soon afterwards he once more joined See also:Charles's party, and he was taken prisoner in the disastrous See also:campaign of See also:Preston (1648)
.
See also:Sir See also:John Hurry was Montrose's See also:Major-See also:General in the last desperate attempt of the Scottish Royalists
.
Taken at Carbisdale, he was beheaded at See also:Edinburgh, May 29th, 165o
.
A soldier of See also:fortune of great bravery, experience and skill, his frequent changes of front were due rather to laxity of See also:political principles than to any calculated See also:idea of See also:treason
.
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