John Okey
Parliamentarian army officer and regicide, arrested in the Netherlands in 1662 and executed in London.
PersonSources & confidence: Qualified confidence
Checked 8 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
Identity, regicide status and arrest in the Netherlands.
- Wikidata entity identity and cross-references
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- Wikipedia: Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet
Downing served as chaplain in Okey's regiment and engineered his arrest in Holland; Okey was taken to England and executed.
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- VIAF and other authority values were read from the Wikidata entity; the external registries were not inspected directly.
- No source dedicated to Okey was read. The essay's link labelled with his name points to Downing's Wikipedia article, not to one about Okey.
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Colonel in the New Model Army and one of the signatories of Charles I's death warrant. The essay describes him as Downing's former commander and patron; the patronage is described as alleged in the Wikipedia article the essay links.
In the essays
- Somewhere Worth Living
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Record history
Catalogue source: knowledge/people/john-okey.md
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