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HURRY (or URRV), SIR JOHN (d. 165o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 960 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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, 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'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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