Thomas Pride

Thomas Pride JP
Colonel Pride refusing admission to the secluded members of the Long Parliament, December 1648
High Sheriff of Surrey
In office 1655–1656
Personal details
Born	c. 1606–1608 Ashcott, Somerset, England
Died	23 October 1658(1658-10-23) (aged 52) Worcester Park House, Surrey, England
Spouse	Elizabeth Tomson (1629 to his death)
Children	Thomas, Joseph, William, Samuel, Elizabeth
Residence	Worcester Park House
Occupation	Political and religious radical, regicide and Parliamentarian soldier
Military service
Years of service	1642 to 1654
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms First Newbury; Lostwithiel; Naseby; Langport; Torrington; Oxford; Preston; Dunbar; Worcester

Colonel Thomas Pride (died 23 October 1658) was a Parliamentarian commander during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, best known as one of the regicides of Charles I and as the instigator of Pride's Purge.