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Sir Oliver Cromwell (c. 1562 – 28 August 1655) was an English landowner, lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1625. He was the uncle of Oliver Cromwell , the Member of Parliament, general, and Lord Protector of England.
We aim to encourage interest in the life and times of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, who was born in Huntingdon in 1599 and died at Whitehall in 1658. Cromwell is an intensely controversial figure equally reviled and revered both during his lifetime and after. This site contains a wide range of information and resources to investigate.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) came from an impoverished East Anglian gentry family. He was a small landowner and Member of Parliament (1628-29 and 1640-42). Remarkably, he was over 40 years old when he began his military career. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, he served as captain of a troop of horse which he raised for Parliament.
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Steward of Ely. After attending Sidney Sussex College Cambridge he married in 1620 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James ...
Oliver Cromwell (* 25. apríl 1599, Huntingdon, Anglicko – † 3. september 1658, Londýn) bol anglický štátnik, ktorý najskôr ako podriadený a neskôr ako vrchný veliteľ viedol počas anglickej revolúcie armády anglického parlamentu proti kráľovi Karolovi I., neskôr vládol na Britských ostrovoch ako Lord Protector od roku 1653 do svojej smrti v roku 1658.
Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658) was an English military leader and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy, he ruled England, Scotland , and Ireland as Lord Protector from December 16, 1653 until his death almost five years later, which is believed to have been due either to malaria or poisoning.
Oliver Cromwell to Colonal Valentine Walton. 5 or 6 September 1644. “I could not riding out alone about my business, but smile out to God in praises, in assurance of victory because God would, by things that are not, bring to naught things that are”. Cromwell before the battle of Naseby. 1645. “We declared our intentions to preserve ...
