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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell. A presentation by Michelle Anstett. Cromwell’s early life. Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599 in Huntingdon, England to Elizabeth and Robert Cromwell. Elizabeth Cromwell. Robert Cromwell. Cromwell’s education.

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Oliver Cromwell

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  1. Oliver Cromwell A presentation by Michelle Anstett

  2. Cromwell’s early life • Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599 in Huntingdon, England to Elizabeth and Robert Cromwell Elizabeth Cromwell Robert Cromwell

  3. Cromwell’s education • He attended grammar school at Huntingdon grammar school, which is now the Cromwell Museum

  4. He then attended Cambridge University

  5. If he was smart, he would have gone to Oxford See, it’s much prettier than dirty old Cambridge, isn’t it??

  6. Cromwell’s early occupation • He became a minor landowner in East Anglia, farming and collecting rents for income This is Cromwell

  7. Cromwell’s wife • He married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620, just a few months after his 21st birthday

  8. Robert (1621-1639) Oliver (1623-1644) Bridget (1624-?) Richard (1626-1712) Henry (1628-1674) Elizabeth (1629-1658) James (1632) Mary (1637-1700) Frances (1638-1721) Cromwell’s children

  9. Cromwell and religion • Believed to have converted before civil wars • “Godly reformation” • “Liberty of conscience”

  10. Cromwell as military man • Captain of small group of mounted troops in 1642 • Promoted to colonel in 1643 • 2nd in command of New Model Army in 1645 • Summer 1650 – appointed lord general (commander-in-chief) of all parliamentary forces

  11. Became Lord Protector in December 1653

  12. Died in London on September 3, 1658 after a recurrence of malarial fever

  13. Works Cited • “The Oliver Cromwell website.” The Cromwell Association. 13 February 2007. <www.olivercromwell.org>. • Plant, David. “Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658.” British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-60. <www.british-civil-wars.co.uk>. • Buchan, John. Oliver Cromwell. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1934.

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