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18 de mar. de 2024 · Oliver St. John born about 1598; called to the Bar as a member of Lincoln's Inn, 1626; M.P. for Totnes, 1640; Solicitor-General, January 1640-1; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1648, and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Upper Bench. He died December 31st, 1673. His first wife, Johanna Altham, was aunt to Oliver Cromwell and to John Hampden.
19 de mar. de 2024 · 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. Cromwell studied at the University of Cambridge and Gray’s Inn, London. During part of the English Civil Wars he served ...
Hace 6 días · Oliver Cromwell: 1 n English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) Synonyms: Cromwell , Ironsides Example of: full general , general a general officer of the highest rank national leader , solon , statesman a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
Hace 5 días · Oliver Plunkett was born on All Saints Day in 1625 to a well-to-do Catholic family in County Meath, Ireland. He studied for the priesthood in Rome but did not return to Ireland when he was ordained in 1654 because the Church was being persecuted after Oliver Cromwell’s defeat of the Irish uprising after the English Civil War.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell - Still Notorious, But Why? The Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland took place over 370 years ago. Despite the passage of time the man who led that conquest remains one of the most reviled figures in Irish history. In this podcast I look at why he, above others, is so reviled in Ireland.
19 de mar. de 2024 · Closing the Theatres. Under Queen Elizabeth I, Puritans did not make a lot of headway. As they became better organized, their influence in Parliament grew until, by the 1630s, they dominated the country's political discourse. Under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, the Puritans challenged the power of the monarchy.