Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead)
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Edmund Prideaux (died 1659) of Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon,[1] was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War. He was briefly solicitor-general but chose to resign rather than participate in the regicide of King Charles I. Afterwards, he was attorney-general, a position he held until he died. During the Civil War and for most of the First Commonwealth he ran the postal service for Parliament.