Wreath for John Hampden ‘The Patriot’ to be laid in Thame

JUNE 24, 2018 marks the 375th anniversary of the death of John Hampden, who died of his wounds received at the Battle of Chalgrove Field six days earlier.

The John Hampden regiment head up Thame Carnival in 1997

To mark Hampden’s life, the John Hampden Society will lay a wreath at the memorial plaque beside Hampden House, Thame  (at the entrance to Greyhound Walk on the wall to the right) where the man known to history as ‘The Patriot’ died.

The wreath will be laid by the Society’s Patron, Miles Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire, who is a direct descendant of John Hampden. Lord Buckinghamshire will be repeating his action of exactly 25 years earlier, when he also laid a wreath at the same spot in the presence of over 400 spectators as a part of the newly-formed John Hampden Society’s first public event.

Bishop Dick Watson, former Bishop of Oxford, officiating at the original ceremony in 1993

Also attending this year’s ceremony will be the Mayor of Thame, Councillor Ann Midwinter, and members of the Executive Committee of the John Hampden Society.
Details and black-and white pictures of the original event 25 years ago can be seen at: http://www.johnhampden.org/…/uplo…/2016/07/Patriot_No.03.pdf