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Henry Cromwell was born at Huntingdon on 20 January 1628. He was educated at Felsted School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Military career. Henry Cromwell entered the New Model Army towards the close of the First Civil War, and was in 1647 either a captain in Harrison's regiment or the commander of Fairfax's lifeguard.
Henry Cromwell (born January 20, 1628, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England—died March 23, 1674, Spinney Abbey, Cambridgeshire) was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and the British ruler of Ireland from 1657 to 1659. Cromwell studied at the University of Cambridge and Gray’s Inn, London. During part of the English Civil Wars he served ...
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Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution. Cromwell was one of the most powerful proponents ...
Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (before 1 March 1538 [2] – 20 November 1592 [3] ), the son of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour, was an English peer during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandson of Henry VIII 's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, 1st earl of Essex, nephew of the Protector Somerset and first ...
Henry Cromwell (1628—1674) soldier, politician, and lord lieutenant of Ireland Quick Reference (1628–74). Oliver's fourth son. Captain of horse at 19, he rose to ...
Sir Henry’s second son was Robert Cromwell, who married Elizabeth Steward around 1590. The couple had ten children, three boys and seven girls. Only one of the boys survived infancy – Oliver Cromwell, who was born in Huntingdon on 25 th April 1599. We know relatively little about Oliver’s early life.
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Cromwell, Henry (1628–74), soldier and administrator, was born 20 January 1628 at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, fourth son of Oliver Cromwell (qv) and Elizabeth Cromwell (née Bourchier). He fought only in the closing stages of the English civil wars. In 1647 he was a colonel. In 1649 he was named to command a horse regiment in his ...
