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Cromwell, Oliver

Cromwell, Oliver (1599–1658), opposition MP under Charles I and Parliament's leading military commander in the Civil War. He ruled Britain and Ireland as Lord Protector from the end of 1653 until his death. In Ireland he is remembered mainly for the period August 1649–May 1650, when he took charge of the Parliamentary army and presided over the capture of Drogheda (11 September 1649) and Wexford (11 October ...

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