Oliver Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell was an was an English statesman, soldier, and revolutionary

Apr 25, 1599

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 25, 1599
  • Died on: September 3, 1658
  • Nationality: British
  • Famous: Military, Political Leaders, Leaders, Spiritual & Religious Leaders, Political Leaders, Military Leaders
  • Spouses: Elizabeth Bourchier
  • Siblings: Robina Cromwell
  • Childrens: Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell born at

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

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Birth Place

In 1620, Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier, daughter of Sir James Bourchier, a wealthy leather merchant from Essex having strong connections with puritan families. They had nine children.

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Personal Life

He died at Whitehall on September 3, 1658. The likely cause of his death is believed to be septicaemia due to his urinary infection. He was buried at Westminster Abbey.

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Personal Life

Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599 to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward. He was a descendant of Katherine Cromwell, an elder sister of Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, a minister of Henry VIII.

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Childhood & Early Life

He was baptized at St John’s Church. He attended Huntingdon Grammar School, and then studied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Following his father’s death, he left without a degree in 1617.

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Childhood & Early Life

Cromwell became the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1628. King Charles I had imposed a tax without parliamentary consent. The Parliament adopted a Petition of Right, and Charles I adjourned parliament.

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Career & Later Life

He undertook treatment for depression. He sold his property, moved to St Ives, took up farming, and adopted Puritanism. In 1636, he inherited his uncle’s property and job as tithe collector for Ely Cathedral.

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Career & Later Life

He returned as MP for Cambridge in 1640 when Charles summoned the Short Parliament because of money shortage during the Bishop’s War. It was dissolved when MPs refused to grant him subsidies for war.

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Career & Later Life

A bankrupt king called the Long Parliament after the Bishops’ War ended. 1641’s Triennial Act guaranteed that parliament would be called once every three years. Cromwell was again returned as member for Cambridge.

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Career & Later Life

Issues between the parliament and the king could not be resolved resulting in an armed conflict in 1642. Cromwell recruited cavalry for the parliamentary forces in Cambridgeshire after blocking shipment meant for the king.

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Career & Later Life

In 1641, Cromwell introduced the second reading of the Annual Parliaments Bill, and drafted the Root and Branch Bill for abolition of episcopacy. The House of Commons drew the Protestation Oath against the popery.

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Major Works

He put down the Royalist uprising in South Wales. He won a brilliant victory in the Battle of Preston in 1648, putting down the Scottish Royalist's Army, and ending the second Civil War.

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Major Works