Sir Charles Lucas
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Sir Charles Lucas, Leader of the Royalist Forces at the Siege of Colchester, 19th century portrait after William Dobson (1611–1646), Colchester Castle Museum
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| Born | 1613 |
| Died | 28 August 1648 (aged 35) Colchester Castle, Colchester, Essex, England, England |
| Buried at | St. Giles's Church, Colchester (now St. Giles Masonic Centre) (51°53′10.5″N 0°54′8.42″E / 51.886250°N 0.9023389°ECoordinates: 51°53′10.5″N 0°54′8.42″E / 51.886250°N 0.9023389°E) |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Service/branch | Cavalry officer |
| Rank | Lieutenant General of Horse |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Powick Bridge, Battle of Marston Moor, Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold, Siege of Colchester |
Sir Charles Lucas (1613 – 28 August 1648) was an English soldier, a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.
Lucas was a younger son of Sir Thomas Lucas (d. 1625) of Colchester in Essex, by his wife Elizabeth Leighton, daughter of John Leighton of London, gentleman. His elder brothers Sir John Lucas (d.1671) (in 1645 created Baron Lucas) and Sir Thomas Lucas (d. 1649) fought for the King. His younger sister Margaret Lucas, later Duchess of Newcastle, described her brother's youthful career in her autobiography.
As a young man Lucas served as a soldier in the Netherlands under the command of his brother, and in the "Bishops' Wars" he commanded a troop of horses in the army of King Charles I. In 1639 he was knighted. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Lucas naturally took the king's side, and was wounded at the Battle of Powick Bridge, the first cavalry engagement.
Early in 1643 Lucas raised a regiment of horse, with which he defeated Middleton at Padbury on 1 July. In January 1645 he commanded the forces attacking Nottingham, and soon afterwards, on the recommendation of Prince Rupert, he was made lieutenant-general of the Duke of Newcastle's Northern army. When Newcastle was shut up in York, Lucas and the cavalry remained in the open country, and when Rupert's relieving army crossed the hills into Yorkshire he was quickly joined by Newcastle's squadrons.
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