Hutchinson, John, 1

a Puritan colonel in the Parliamentary army during the time of the English Civil War, was born at Nottingham in 1617. He was a nonconformist (Baptist), and, being of a religious turn of mind, much of his time was given to the study of theology. At the outbreak of the Civil War he sided with the Parliament, and was appointed governor of Nottingham Castle. At the trial of the king (Charles I) he concurred in the sentence pronounced on him, having first "addressed himself to God by prayer." Cromwell's conduct after this unfortunate affair Hutchinson disapproved; and while various sentiments are entertained on his political conduct, "none question his integrity or piety." At the Restoration he suffered the general fate of the Republicans, and died in prison, Sept. 11, 1664. See Neale, Hist. of the Puritans (Harper's edit.), 2, 378 sq.; Appleton's Amer. Cyclop. 9, 396.