The life of Oliver Cromwell is to be commemorated during a wreath-laying ceremony. Cromwell, who was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, rose from the middle ranks of society to become Lord ...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

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A museum which tells the story of Oliver Cromwell is hoping to acquire ... which holds a huge collection of objects relating to Cromwell's life and times, until 10 November.

Sculptures of William of Orange and Oliver Cromwell, which were stolen from an Irish stately home eight years ago, have been found in County Clare. The life-size busts, carved out of limestone ...

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and ...

Bristol University professor Ronald Hutton creates a panoramic narrative as much about Cromwell’s world as ‘God’s executioner’ himself. Picture: Getty ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...