Key players
Detail of executioner of Charles I with his head
[Used by permission of Lord Dalmeny ]
[Used by permission of Lord Dalmeny ]
Marching unto war
From the first rumblings of political and religious unrest, to the shattering upheaval of war, and the aftershocks which followed the march into Civil War.
Year-by-year
Follow each of the main moments in the Civil War on the timeline.
Discover the people behind the portraits, who were leading players in the drama that unfolded.
Key Players
King Charles I
1600 - 1649
Thomas Wentworth
Earl of Strafford
1593 - 1641
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
1619 - 1682
Robert Devereux
Earl of Essex
1591 - 1646
Oliver Cromwell
1599 - 1658
William Laud
Archbishop of Canterbury
1573 - 1645
John Pym
1583 - 1643
James Graham
Marquis of Montrose
1612 - 1650
Archibald Campbell
Marquis of Argyll
1598 - 1661
