The Earl of Buckinghamshire at the Society's 20th anniversary service in Great Hampden Church

The Ship Money monument at Prestwood

The Palace of Westminster in the 17th century

Pyrton Manor, home of John Hampden's first wife

The former Lord Williams's Grammar School, Thame

The Earl of Buckinghamshire at the 350th anniversary ceremony in Thame

St Mary Magdalene church, Great Hampden

Charles I tries to arrest the Five Members in the House of Commons

John Hampden's funeral in 1643

Arthur Goodwin, Hampden's lifelong friend
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth. Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees.

The Great Hall at Hampden House

St Mary Magdalene church and Hampden House

Hampden's regiment marching through Thame

Portrait of John Hampden by William Dobson

Hampden Statue in The Palace of Westminster
Cromwell, Hampden and Hobart in the Old Church at The Lee

Society AGM at Great Hampden

Members walking the Chalgrove battlefield

Magdalene College Oxford

The John Hampden engaging the

The John Hampden Monument at Chalgrove

Macaulay’s Critical and Historical Essays No.1 – John Hampden

A link to Lord Macaulay’s review of Lord Nugent’s 1831 biography of John Hampden. Macaulay comments on Hampden’s life and its significance . This is a part of one of Macaulay’s most important works, hosted on the Project Gutenberg website.  Some of the information about Hampden is now known to be inaccurate, but this long article (20,500 words) remains a fascinating read.

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