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Fairfax, Sir Thomas
A Dictionary of British History
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Fairfax, Sir Thomas (1612–71). Fairfax was probably the best commander on the parliamentary side in the civil wars. His career started inauspiciously in March 1643 when he was beaten by
Goring at Seacroft Moor in Yorkshire, but he turned the tables on Goring in May 1643, capturing him at Wakefield. He then gained an impressive string of victories at
Winceby,
Nantwich,
Selby, and
Marston Moor. In the winter of 1644 he was busy training the
New Model Army to unprecedented standards of efficiency. In the spring of 1645 he replaced
Essex as commander‐in‐chief and his two great victories at
Naseby in June and
Langport in July knocked the heart out of royalist resistance.
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