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1 day ago · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a politician.
1 day ago · This workshop brought together a number of British and French scholars from different disciplines and career stages to consider how the 1640-1660 and 1688-1689 revolutions were remembered, forgotten, contested and reinvented across the British Isles, Europe, and North America between the mid-seventeenth and the early twentieth century.
2 days ago · In the aftermath of Charles II’s Restoration the corpses of three regicides, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Henry Ireton (1611-1651) and John Bradshaw (1602-1659) were exhumed and taken to Tyburn for post-mortem execution.
5 days ago · Behind the Protector stood his son, Lord Richard Cromwell, Charles Lord Fleetwood, Lieutenant general of the army, John Lord Cleypole, Master of the Horse to his Highness: and the Privy Council, of whom, as of the nobility, were the Earl of Manchester, Lord Wharton, and Lord Mulgrave, the rest being very much their inferiors.
2 days ago · Richard Cromwell was the lord protector of England from September 1658 to May 1659. The eldest surviving son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, Richard failed in his attempt to carry on his father’s role as leader of the Commonwealth. He served in the Parliamentary army in 1647 and 1648
1 day ago · The film starred Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, and others in pivotal roles alongside Alan Tudyk and Fiona Hogan, who lend their voices.
21 hours ago · Frances Image Credit: SheKnows/Created with AI A timeless unisex name (for boys, it’s typically spelled Francis — although this distinction wasn’t made until the 17th century), Frances means ...
