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.

Dec 12, 2024 · Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman, who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars and was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58) during the republican Commonwealth.

Nov 9, 2009 · Oliver Cromwell was a political and military leader in 17th century England who served as Lord Protector, or head of state, of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland for a...

Feb 2, 2022 · Oliver Cromwell led the Puritan faction of the English Parliament. He was also a cavalry commander and then commander-in-chief of Parliament's New Model Army. After the English Civil War he led the country as Lord Protector.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, was executed on 30th January 1661 – two and half years AFTER his death… Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon, a small town near Cambridge, on 25 April 1599 to Robert Cromwell and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Steward.

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Ireland and Scotland. He was a well known military and political leader of the 1600s. Cromwell was born in Huntingdon to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward.

Dec 12, 2024 · Oliver Cromwell - English Civil War, Protectorate, Lord Protector: During 1643 Cromwell acquired a reputation both as a military organizer and a fighting man. From the very beginning he had insisted that the men who served on the parliamentarian side should be carefully chosen and properly trained, and he made it a point to find loyal and well ...

Oliver Cromwell, (born April 25, 1599, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Eng.—died Sept. 3, 1658, London), English soldier and statesman, lord protector of the republican Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58).

After winning the Civil Wars (1643–1651) for Parliament and fighting in Ireland, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector, and was offered the throne.

The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the Commonwealth of England, initially led by Oliver Cromwell.It forms part of the 1641 to 1652 Irish Confederate Wars, and wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Modern estimates suggest that during this period, Ireland experienced a demographic loss totalling around 15 to …