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Henry Ireton (baptised 3 November 1611; [ 1] died 26 November 1651) was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.
Henry Ireton (born 1611, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died Nov. 28, 1651, Limerick, County Limerick, Ire.) was an English soldier and statesman, a leader of the Parliamentary cause during the Civil Wars between the Royalists and Parliamentarians.
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Henry Ireton, Parliamentary official and son in law of Oliver Cromwell, was buried in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey but later exhumed.
Howard Shaw introduces Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law, a regicide, and a man with principles and temper of a Cassius, who “stuck at nothing.”
Jan 17, 2022 · Henry Ireton, 1611-1651 - English History. Cromwell’s right-hand man in his dealings with the Levellers and the leading architect of the King’s trial and execution. Cool, taciturn and intellectual in contrast to Cromwell’s passion and emotion.
Jun 8, 2018 · Ireton, Henry (1611–51). Ireton was plunged into the Civil War, since he was appointed by Parliament to command the horse at Nottingham two months before Charles I raised his standard in the same town.