Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine KG (16 January 1621 – September 1652) was the fourth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James VI and I and Anne of Denmark.

By 1644, Maurice was appointed lieutenant-general south of the Thames,[6] assuming command of the army in Cornwall and spending the rest of the year campaigning there.

He also led his army into Dartmouth during the English Civil War and stayed until the town surrendered.

[3] Maurice besieged Lyme Regis in April 1644, but he was compelled to end the siege in June, at great cost to his military standing.

[7] In 1652, while sailing for the West Indies, he was caught in a hurricane near the Virgin Islands and went down with his flagship, HMS Defiance.