George Fleetwood (regicide) 17. "The London Gazette, published by authority," Number 746, from Thursday January 9 to Sunday January 13, 1672. George Fleetwood (regicide) George Fleetwood (1623–1672) was an English major-general and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England. Fleetwood was one of the commissioners for the trial of Charles I, 1648–9; member of last Commonwealth Council of State and M.P. for Buckinghamshire, 1653; for Buckingham, 1654; member of Cromwell's Upper House, 1657; joined General George Monck, 1660, and though condemned to death at the Restoration, was never executed. George Fleetwood was the grandson of Sir George Fleetwood (died December
Lisbon Regicide of the administrative dictatorship. Initially hesitant, the republicans proposed a pact between them and the regime; later, at their national congress in Setúbal (24–25 April 1909) they decided to forcibly seize power. The initial hesitation was due to the party's structure; the Republican Party was a collection of disenfranchised interests, political movements and dissident groups. Some Republicans were sincerely shocked by the regicide, even if it meant regime change. Rural conservatives were afraid of the effects of such actions on their British allies. However, the Republican Party could not turn its back on its supporters: the youth of Lisbon, already