John Moore (regicide) the Pool. When Sir John Meldrum's Parliamentary forces recaptured the city six months later, John Moore found himself back in charge as Governor. Moore was a supporter of Pride's Purge and, as well as helping to organise security arrangements at King Charles' trial. He was a signatory of the King's death warrant in 1649. In 1649, Moore fought in Ireland against James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and became governor of Dublin. He died of a fever there in 1650. John Moore (regicide) Colonel John Moore (1599–1650) was one of the regicides of King Charles I. John Moore was born
Lisbon Regicide (although considerably less than in the future First Republic). It cannot be denied that the weak and permissive attitude in the Government of Acclamation was an incentive for the Republican Party to attempt another coup. The assassinations did not change the system of government; instead, they delayed the change. The assassinations remain controversial in Portugal. In 2008, the socialist government of the Portuguese Third Republic refused to participate in ceremonies commemorating the slain victims for the centenary of the regicide, forbidding participation by military personnel or government officials. The head of the House of Braganza, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza,