Oliver Cromwell

Birth
• Born April 25, 1599
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• Son of Robert and
Elizabeth Cromwell

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• Born into middle class gentry
 Family
• Married Elizabeth Bourchier August 22,
1620
• Had 9 children
• Robert- Died while away at school
• Oliver- died while serving as a
Parliamentarian officer
• Richard- dad’s successor
• Henry- Lord Deputy of Ireland
• James- Died at birth
• 4 others went on to get married and have
children
 Early Life
• Went to college at Sidney Sussex
College, Cambridge
• Remained a yeoman or farmer until his
finances were boosted
• Underwent a religious conversion to an
Independent style of Puritanism which
he focused on in his 20’s and 30’s
• One of the signers for Charles I’s death
warrant
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 Parliament
Relations
• Huntingdon Parliament (1628-1629) until
Charles disband the government
• Elected as a Member of Parliament (MP)
for Cambridge
• Short Parliament = 1640
• Long Parliament = 1640-1649
• MP of Rump Parliament
• April 20, 1653 = dismissed Rump
Parliament by force
• Set up a short lived nominated assembly =
Barebones Parliament
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 Campaigns
• Chosen to command
English Campaign

in Ireland (1649-1650)

• Led campaign
against the

Scottish army

(1650-1651)
 Protector
• After execution of Charles I, Cromwell
dominated the short-lived
Commonwealth of England
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• Conquered Ireland and Scotland
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• Became Lord Protector of England,
Scotland, Ireland in December 1653
until his death in 1658
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 Military Life
• Nickname = “Old Ironsides”
• Armed his men with the best equipment,
uniforms and horses
• Also paid reasonably and quickly
• Commander of the New Model Army in
England
• Defeated the Royalists in the English Civil War
• Victorious in the English Civil war
• Defeated the king in many battles
• Cromwell had a few disadvantages in some
battles, but he won anyway
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 Death
• Died September 3, 1658
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• Buried in Westminster Abbey
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• When the royalists came
back to power they dug up,
hung and beheaded Oliver
Cromwell
 Legacy
• Best known for:
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1.Being a great Military and Political
Leader
2.Involvement of making England into
a republican commonwealth
3.Role as protector of England,
Scotland and Ireland
 Bibliography
• Noble, Thomas, Barry Strauss, Duane
Osheim, William Cohen, and David
Roberts. Western Civilization. Brief.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Print.
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• "Oliver Cromwell." Wikipedia. 2009. Web.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Oliver_Cromwell. 
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• "Oliver Cromwell English General." Seize the
Night. 2003. Carpenoctem, Web. 14 Oct
2009.
<http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/cro
mwell.html>.