Henry Smith (regicide) Henry Smith (regicide) Henry Smith (1620–1668) was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I. He was born in Withcote, Leicestershire in 1620; son of Henry Smith born in 1589 and Frideswide (Fritzjoyce) Wright. He studied at Oxford University and Lincoln's Inn. He married miss Holland. In 1640 he was elected MP for Leicestershire. In January 1649, as a commissioner of the High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I at the trial of King Charles, he was 19th of the 59 signatories on the death warrant of the King. After the
Letters on a Regicide Peace Letters on a Regicide Peace Letters on a Regicide Peace or Letters ... on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France were a series of four letters written by Edmund Burke during the 1790s in opposition to Prime Minister William Pitt's seeking of peace with the revolutionary French Directorate. It was completed and published in 1796. By January 1796, Burke was finishing his "Letter on a Regicide Peace", and parts of it were already printed. However, the work was delayed and it was published 20 October 1796, together with the second letter, as "Two Letters on a