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Henry Cromwell (20 January 1628 – 23 March 1674) was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland .
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.
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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.
Learn about Oliver Cromwell's ancestry, education, marriage, and religious conversion from the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon. Discover how he inherited property from his uncle Thomas Steward and became a Member of Parliament for Cambridge.
Captain of horse at 19, he rose to command his own cavalry regiment in his father's expeditionary force to Ireland in 1650. He stayed on there ... From: Cromwell, Henry in The Oxford Companion to British History ». Subjects: History — Regional and National History.
Although Henry Cromwell was named lord lieutenant of Ireland on 6 October 1658, this had little significance as power slipped from his brother's hands in England. On 6 May 1659 the army forced Richard to recall the Rump parliament and on 24 May he formally resigned the protectorate.
How did Oliver Cromwell become a military leader in the English Civil War? Explore the conflicting stories, sources and silences about his actions in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1642.
