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title: Colonel John Okey
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15198/colonel-john-okey/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Colonel John Okey

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## Image File

[![Colonel John Okey](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15198.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15198.png)

## Image Caption

A mid-17th century portrait print of Colonel John Okey (1606-62), the Parliamentary commander of the dragoons regiment during the [English Civil Wars](https://www.worldhistory.org/English_Civil_Wars/) (1642-51). Okey was appointed in 1645 and led the dragoons at such important engagements as the [battle of Naseby](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1923/battle-of-naseby/) (1645) and [battle](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/battle/) of Dunbar (1650).

## Cite This Work

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Museum, T. B. (2022, January 26). Colonel John Okey. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15198/colonel-john-okey/>
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Museum, The British. "Colonel John Okey." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 26, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15198/colonel-john-okey/>.
### MLA
Museum, The British. "Colonel John Okey." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Jan 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15198/colonel-john-okey/>.

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