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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. A close associate of Oliver Cromwell , to whom he was related by marriage, Fleetwood held a number of senior political and administrative posts under the Commonwealth , including Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652 to 1655.
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English Civil Wars. Charles Fleetwood (born c. 1618, Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, Eng.—died Oct. 4, 1692, Stoke Newington, Middlesex) 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 ...
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Reference. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Fleetwood, Charles. views 3,089,931 updated. 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.
Charles Fleetwood General for the Parliament, 1650 (c) Mezzotint by R Dunkerton. Published by S Woodburn, 1811. 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.
Fought on the anti-royalist side in the Civil War. In 1652 he married for the second time to Bridget, Cromwell's daughter and widow of Henry Ireton. That same year he was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1652 - 55, where he ruthlessly imposed the terms of the Act of Settlement. Bridget died in 1662 and Fleetwood married again in 1664 to Mary Hartopp, acquiring an estate with a house fronting ...
Charles Fleetwood - Encyclopedia GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES CHARLES FLEETWOOD (d. 1692), English soldier and politician, third son of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, and of Anne, daughter of Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Bedfordshire, was admitted into Gray's Inn on the 30th of November 1638.
