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| 1. | Mary Cromwell was born on 9 Feb 1637 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (daughter of Sir Oliver Cromwell, 1st Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and Elizabeth Bourchier); died on 14 Mar 1712 in Chiswick, London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 24 Mar 1712 in Chiswick, London, Middlesex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LZDY-G34
- Initiatory (LDS): 1 Apr 1931, SGEOR
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| 2. |  Sir Oliver Cromwell, 1st Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was born on 25 Apr 1599 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was christened on 5 May 1563 in Huntingdonshire, England (son of Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Lynne Steward); died on 3 Sep 1658 in Whitehall, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Tyburn Manor, London, Middlesex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: M1XV-1HB
- Initiatory (LDS): 22 Sep 1911, SLAKE
Notes:
He was an English general and statesman who, first as a subordinate an d l ater as Commander-in-Chief, led armies of the Parliament of England a gain st King Charles I during the English Civil War, subsequently rulin g the B ritish Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658 . He acte d simultaneously as head of state and head of government of th e new repub lican commonwealth.
Cromwell was born into the landed gentry to a family descended from th e s ister of Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell (his great-great-grand uncl e). Little is known of the first 40 years of his life, as only fou r of hi s personal letters survive, along with a summary of a speech tha t he deli vered in 1628. He became an Independent Puritan after undergoin g a religi ous conversion in the 1630s, taking a generally tolerant vie w towards th e many Protestant sects of the time; an intensely religiou s man, Cromwel l fervently believed in God guiding him to victory. Cromwe ll was electe d Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1628, and for Camb ridge in the S hort (1640) and Long (1640–1649) Parliaments. He entered t he English Civi l Wars on the side of the "Roundheads", or Parliamentaria ns, and gained t he nickname "Old Ironsides". Cromwell demonstrated his a bility as a comma nder and was quickly promoted from leading a single cav alry troop to bein g one of the principal commanders of the New Model Arm y, playing an impor tant role under General Sir Thomas Fairfax in the def eat of the Royalis t ("Cavalier") forces.
Cromwell was one of the signatories of Charles I's death warrant in 164 9 , and dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England as a member o f th e Rump Parliament (1649–1653). He was selected to take command of th e Eng lish campaign in Ireland in 1649–1650. Cromwell's forces defeated t he Con federate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the countr y, endi ng the Irish Confederate Wars. During this period, a series of Pe nal Law s were passed against Roman Catholics (a significant minority i n Englan d and Scotland but the vast majority in Ireland), and a substant ial amoun t of their land was confiscated. Cromwell also led a campaign a gainst th e Scottish army between 1650 and 1651. On 20 April 1653, he dis missed th e Rump Parliament by force, setting up a short-lived nominate d assembly k nown as Barebone's Parliament, before being invited by his f ellow leader s to rule as Lord Protector of England (which included Wale s at the time) , Scotland, and Ireland from 16 December 1653.[4] As a rul er, Cromwell ex ecuted an aggressive and effective foreign policy. Nevert heless, his poli cy of religious toleration for Protestant denomination s during the Protec torate extended only to "God's peculiar", and not t o those he considere d heretics, such as Quakers, Socinians, and Ranters.
Cromwell died of natural causes in 1658 and was buried in Westminster Ab b ey. He was succeeded by his son Richard, whose weakness led to a powe r va cuum. Oliver's former General George Monck then mounted a coup, caus ing P arliament to arrange Prince Charles's return to London as King Char les I I and the Royalists' return to power in 1660. Cromwell's corpse wa s subse quently dug up, hung in chains, and beheaded.
Cromwell is one of the most controversial figures in British and Irish h i story, considered a regicidal dictator by historians such as David Shar p , a military dictator by Winston Churchill, and a hero of liberty by Jo h n Milton, Thomas Carlyle, and Samuel Rawson Gardiner. His tolerance o f Pr otestant sects did not extend to Catholics, and some have characteri sed t he measures he took against them, particularly in Ireland, as genoc idal o r near-genocidal. His record is strongly criticised in Ireland,[9 ] althou gh the worst atrocities took place after he had returned to Engl and.[10 ] He was selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all tim e in a 200 2 BBC poll.
Oliver married Elizabeth Bourchier on 22 Aug 1620 in St. Giles-without-Cripplegate, London, Middlesex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir James Bourchier and Frances Crane) was born in 1598 in London, Middlesex, England; died in Nov 1665 in Norborough, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. |  Elizabeth Bourchier was born in 1598 in London, Middlesex, England (daughter of Sir James Bourchier and Frances Crane); died in Nov 1665 in Norborough, Northamptonshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LY63-3VT
- Initiatory (LDS): 22 Sep 1911
Children:
- Robert Cromwell was born on 13 Oct 1621 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 31 May 1639 in Felsted, Essex, England.
- Oliver Cromwell was born on 6 Feb 1622 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in Mar 1644 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England.
- Bridget Cromwell was born on 1 Aug 1624 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 1 Jul 1681 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England.
- Richard Cromwell, was born on 4 Oct 1626 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 12 Jul 1712 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.
- Henry Cromwell was born on 20 Jan 1627 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was christened on 29 Jan 1628 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 23 Mar 1674 in Cambridgeshire, England; was buried in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Elizabeth Cromwell was born on 2 Jul 1629 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 6 Aug 1658 in London, Middlesex, England.
- James Cromwell was born on 8 Jan 1631 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 9 Jan 1631.
- 1. Mary Cromwell was born on 9 Feb 1637 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 14 Mar 1712 in Chiswick, London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 24 Mar 1712 in Chiswick, London, Middlesex, England.
- Frances Cromwell was born about 6 Dec 1638 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 27 Jan 1720.
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| 5. | Elizabeth Lynne Steward was born on 7 Nov 1565 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (daughter of William Steward); died on 18 Nov 1654 in London, Middlesex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LBVH-VDF
- Initiatory (LDS): 21 Mar 2013, PROVO
Children:
- Catherine Cromwell was born in 1583 in Wistow, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 9 Dec 1653 in Barton Stacey, Hampshire, England.
- Ann Cromwell was born about 1589 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 1 Nov 1646 in Wistow, Huntingdonshire, England.
- Jane Cromwell was born in 1591 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1657.
- Joan Cromwell was born on 24 Sep 1592 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 19 Jun 1606.
- Elizabeth Cromwell was born on 14 Oct 1593 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 6 Aug 1658.
- Robina Cromwell was born about 1594 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1660 in Keyham, Leicestershire, England.
- Henry Cromwell was born on 31 Aug 1595 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1617.
- 2. Sir Oliver Cromwell, 1st Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was born on 25 Apr 1599 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was christened on 5 May 1563 in Huntingdonshire, England; died on 3 Sep 1658 in Whitehall, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Tyburn Manor, London, Middlesex, England.
- Margaret Cromwell was born in 1601 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1650.
- Robert Cromwell was born in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was christened on 13 Jan 1608 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1609.
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| 7. | Frances Crane was born about 1576 in England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: L4SY-M2W
- Initiatory (LDS): 17 Sep 2008, ORLAN
Children:
- 3. Elizabeth Bourchier was born in 1598 in London, Middlesex, England; died in Nov 1665 in Norborough, Northamptonshire, England.
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| 9. | Joan Warren was born in 1540 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (daughter of Ralph Warren and Joan Trelake); died on 22 Aug 1584 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LRGB-2KK
- Initiatory (LDS): 20 Mar 2013, MTIMP
Children:
- 4. Robert Cromwell was born in 1560 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 24 Jun 1617 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England.
- Sir Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 Apr 1563 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1655.
- Henry Cromwell was born about 1567 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in Oct 1630.
- Richard Cromwell was born about 1569 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in 1628 in Upwood, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Henry Cromwell was born about 1570 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1630.
- Joan Cromwell was born about 1570 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died before 14 Dec 1641.
- Frances Cromwell was born about 1577 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1618.
- Mary Cromwell was born in 1580 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in 1617 in Little Wittenham, Berkshire, England.
- Dorothy Cromwell was born on 30 Dec 1582 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England.
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| 10. | William Steward was born about 1548 in Sloley, Norfolk, England; was buried in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: MRQ8-CWF
- Initiatory (LDS): 8 Apr 2000, ARIZO
Children:
- 5. Elizabeth Lynne Steward was born on 7 Nov 1565 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 18 Nov 1654 in London, Middlesex, England.
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