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Charles Fleetwood, c. 1618 to 4 October 1692, was an English lawyer from Northamptonshire, who served with the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Charles Fleetwood was an English Parliamentary general, son-in-law and supporter of Oliver Cromwell. He joined the Parliamentary army at the beginning of the Civil War between Parliament and King Charles I and fought in the major Parliamentary victories at Naseby (June 1645), Dunbar (September.
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Summary: An interview of Charles Fleetwood conducted 1979 Mar. 28, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art. Fleetwood speaks of Peter Hurd's mural, commissioned in 1952, for the Prudential Building in Houston, Tex.
On 13 October 1659, the army, under the command of Generals John Lambert and Charles Fleetwood, excluded the Rump MPs from Parliament by locking the doors to the Palace of Westminster and stationing armed guards outside.
Fleetwood (1618-1692) was a Parliamentarian soldier and politician. After serving in the New Model Army he became Lord Deputy of Ireland (1652-1655) and was one of Oliver Cromwell's most loyal supporters throughout the Protectorate.
Charles Fleetwood, 1618?–1692, English parliamentary general. He fought under Oliver Cromwell in many battles of the English civil war and later (1650) in Scotland. He became (1651) a member of the council of state and married (1652) Bridget, daughter of Cromwell and widow of Henry Ireton.
British History > The English Civil War > Charles Fleetwood was born in Northampton in about 1618. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn, and on the outbreak of the Civil War Fleetwood joined the the bodyguard of the Earl of Essex.
