Oliver Cromwell

@Political Leaders, Birthday and Personal Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Oliver Cromwell was an was an English statesman, soldier, and revolutionary British Leaders Spiritual & Religious Leaders Political Leaders Military Leaders Taurus Celebrities Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader. He started his political career as a Member of Parliament for Huntingdon. King Charles I dissolved the parliament. He then returned as MP for the Short Parliament and the Long Parliament. In the armed conflict between the King and the parliamentarians he recruited cavalry for the parliamentary forces in Cambridgeshire after blocking shipment meant for the king. He was commissioned as Captain of Horse when the first civil war broke out. He was then elevated to Colonel of Horses, and later to the position of Lieutenant General of Horse, and made Governor of Ely. He won brilliant victories in many battles. When the Parliament passed the Self-Denying Ordinance, he chose military command over civil office and supported the New Model Army. Although the battles he fought were the most bloodiest in the history of England, he himself believed in religious tolerance. He became the most powerful man in England. He was one of the 59 members to sign Charles I’s death warrant. When his supporters recommended that he be made the king, he declined the Crown. He became the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. His health declined, and he died probably from malaria. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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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 Information Detail 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 Universities Huntingdon Grammar School Sidney Sussex College Cambridge Birth Place Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire Religion Puritan (Independent) Gender Male Father Robert Cromwell Mother Elizabeth Steward Sun Sign Taurus Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire Famous as Military & Political Leader Died at Age 59

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

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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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash 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. Unsplash Major Works

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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
Universities	Huntingdon Grammar School Sidney Sussex College Cambridge
Birth Place	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
Religion	Puritan (Independent)
Gender	Male
Father	Robert Cromwell
Mother	Elizabeth Steward
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
Famous as	Military & Political Leader
Died at Age	59

Oliver Cromwell

British

Apr 25, 1599

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Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire