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We aim to encourage interest in the life and times of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, who was born in Huntingdon in 1599 and died at Whitehall in 1658. Cromwell is an intensely controversial figure equally reviled and revered both during his lifetime and after. This site contains a wide range of information and resources to investigate.
In this lesson, we will learn about Oliver Cromwell. We will learn that Cromwell led the New Model Army, committed massacres in Ireland in 1650 and was called a 'king in all but name' by his enemies. This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1 ...
Oliver Cromwell, född 25 april 1599 i Huntingdon, död 3 september 1658 på Whitehallpalatset, var en engelsk statsman, politiker och militär. Efter att han framgångsrikt lett upproret mot den brittiska monarkin , blev Cromwell statschef med titeln lordprotektor över engelska, skotska och irländska samväldet från december 1653 fram till sin död.
Oliver Cromwell first became a Member of Parliament in 1628, when he was elected as one of the two borough MPs for Huntingdon, on the nomination of the Montagu family of Hinchingbrooke. He did not distinguish himself in any way at the time, being in modern terms a backbench MP with no real political experience.
First Civil War. Oliver Cromwell was not a major figure at the beginning of the Civil War in England in 1642 but rapidly rose in importance. He raised his own troop of cavalry in the summer of 1642. He became a colonel by early 1643 and rose to Lieutenant-General in autumn of the same year, becoming the second in command of Parliament’s ...
Oliver Cromwell (Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire), 25 april 1599 – Londen, 3 september 1658) was een Engels militair, staatsman en Lord Protector van Engeland
Oliver Cromwell - Puritan, Protector, Revolution: Oliver Cromwell was by no means an extreme Puritan. By nature he was neither cruel nor intolerant. He cared for his soldiers, and, when he differed from his generals, he did not punish them severely. (For example, when he dismissed John Lambert, he gave him a generous pension.) He was devoted to his old mother, his wife, and family. (The ...
