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Oliver Cromwell

Male : Puritan Soldier, Statesman and writer. Married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620. When war broke out in 1642 he was recognised as the leading force in Parliament. Became Commander-in-Chief in 1650 and Lord Protector in 1656. He died of a fever. In 1661 his body was disinterred and hanged on the gallows at Tyburn
Nationality : English Place of Birth : Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Date of Birth : 1599 Date of Death : 1658 Age : 59

Other Work : MP for Huntingdon 1628, and Cambridge in 1640

Education : Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
A Letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .. with a Relation of the Taking of Wexford (1649)
A Catalogue & Collection of the Ordinances, proclamations, Declarations .. since
the Govt was Established
(1654)
His Highness Speech to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber
(1654 Henry Hills, London)
Declaration for a Day of Solemn Fasting and Humiliation in Three Nations
(1656 Hills & Field, London)
Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell and of His Sons, Richard & Henry
(1820 Longman)
Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
(1846 Chapman & Hall) - 3 vols
The Letters and Speeches
(1904 Methuen) - 3 vols

READING
17thC
Thomas Le Wright : An Exact Character or Narrative of the Late Rt Noble &
Magnificent Lord, Oliver Cromwell
(1658)
Samuel Carrington : The History of the Life & Death of His Most Serene Highness Oliver,
Late Lord Protector
(1659 N Brook)
John Dryden, Edmund Waller & Thomas Sprat : Three Poems upon the Death of His Late Higness, Oliver
Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland
(1659)
Henry Fletcher : The Perfect Politician
(1660)
James Heath : Flagellum, or the Life Death & Birth & Burial of Oliver Cromwell
(1663) - by S T Gent
Richard Burton : The History of Oliver Cromwell
(1692)

18thC
Isaac Kimber : The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England
(1724)
John Banks : A Short Critical Review of the Political Life of Oliver Cromwell
(1739 for J Hodges & J James, London) - Anon

19thC
Cromwell : A Chronological Detail of Events in which Oliver Cromwell was
Engaged from 1642 to His Death
(1810)
Thomas Kitson cromwell : Oliver Cromwell and His Times
(1821 Warren)
(Ed) Thomas Carlyle : The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell (1845 Chapman & Hall) - 2 vols
(1846 Supplementary Volume)
(1847 Chapman & Hall. 2nd Ed)
(1904 Methuen) - Edited by S C Lomas. 3 vols
Francois Guizot : History of Oliver Cromwell
(1854 Bentley) - 2 vols
H W Henfrey : Numismata Cromwelliana, or the Medallic History of Oliver Cromwell
(1873 J R Smith)
James Waylen : The House of Cromwell
(1880 Chapman & Hall)
(1897 Elliot Stock. Rev Ed)
Frederic Harrison : Oliver Cromwell
(1888 Macmillan)
S R Gardiner : History of the Commonwealth & Protectorate 1649-1660
(1894-1901 Longman) - 3 vols
S R Gardiner : Cromwell's Place in History
(1897 Longmans)
S R Gardiner : Oliver Cromwell
(1899 Goupil)

1900-1925
John Morley : Oliver Cromwell
(1900 Macmillan)
Theodore Roosevelt : Oliver Cromwell
(1900 Constable)
Lord Rosebery : Oliver Cromwell
(1900 Melrose pb)
C H Firth : Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England
(1900 Putnams)
C H Firth : Cromwell's Army
(1902 Methuen)
C H Firth : The Last years of the protectorate 1656-68
(1909 Longmans) - 2 vols

1926-1950
G R Stirling Taylor : Oliver Cromwell
(1928 Cape)
Wilbur Cortez Abbott : Writings & Speeches of Oliver Cromwell
(1937-47 Harvard UP) - 4 vols
Hilaire Belloc : Cromwell
(1934 Cassell)
John Buchan : Cromwell
(1934 Hodder & Stoughton)

Since 1951
Robert S Paul : The Lord Protector - Religion & Politics in the Life of Oliver Cromwell
(1955 Lutterworth Press)
Maurice Ashley : The Greatness of Oliver Cromwell
(1957 Hodder & Stoughton)
Christopher Hill : God's Englishman - Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
(1970 Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Antonia Fraser : Cromwell - Our Chief of Men
(1973 Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Roy Sherwood : The Court of Oliver Cromwell
(1977 Croom Helm) (1989 Willingham Press pb £9.95)
Roy Sherwood : Oliver Cromwell - King in All But Name 1653-8
(1997 Far Thrupp, Sutton £18.99)

[The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon contains pictures and douments
relating to his life]

Related Writers

Thomas Carlyle
John Dryden


See also

Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Belloc
John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir Buchan
Cape, Jonathan
Joseph Hocking
Kings & Queens Of England
Ladybird Books Ltd
John Milton