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Henry Ireton was born in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, in 1611. On the outbreak of the Civil War Ireton joined the Parliamentary army and fought at Edgehill (1642) and Naseby (1645). He also took part in the siege of Bristol. In 1646 Leveller supporters were elected from each regiment of the army to participate in the Putney Debates that began ...
17 de may. de 2024 · Henry Ireton, Parliamentary official and son in law of Oliver Cromwell, was buried in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey in 1652. However after the Restoration of Charles II to the throne the House of Commons voted on 4th December 1660 that Ireton's remains, with those of Cromwell and Judge Bradshaw, should be exhumed and the bodies hung ...
Ireton, Henry. Ireton, Henry (1611–51), soldier and lord deputy of Ireland, was the eldest son in the resolutely puritan gentry family of German and Jane Ireton of Attenborough, near Nottingham. Baptised on 3 November 1611, he was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating in 1629, and proceeded to the Middle Temple before returning to ...
Henry Ireton was the brain trust, the "alpha and omega" of the New Model Army, as John Lilburne labeled him. He was also the engine driving forward the revolutionary events in England between 1647 and 1649. Even before marrying Oliver Cromwell's daughter Bridget in 1646 he had become Cromwell's closest friend and confidant.
A careful exploration of Henry Ireton’s role in the initial and subsequent campaigns in Ireland with a close look at the political relationship between Cromwell and Ireton. Keywords: Henry Ireton , Cromwell , New Model Army , Ormond , Drogheda , Wexford
Search for: 'Henry Ireton' in Oxford Reference ». (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. He fought at Edgehill and in the first battle of Newbury, where he was wounded, and rapidly became one of ...
The army's position, written by Ireton, emerged as the Solemn Engagement of 5 June 1647. Like most of the significant documents which emerged from the army in the period before Charles' execution, the Solemn Engagement was principally the work of Ireton, in consultation with others. The imagery employed by Walker in his portrait hints at Ireton ...
