Browne Bushell

Browne Bushell (bap.

1609, d. 1651), was an English Civil War-era naval officer.

On the night of 15 August 1641 he led a small parliamentary force in a cutting out operation to capture the Henrietta Marie in Portsmouth harbour.

[3] In 1643 he switched to the royalist side.

[4] He was executed for treason in March 1651.

Blue Plaque put on Bagdale Hall, Whitby by Whitby Civic Society where Browne Bushell once lived