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Henry Ireton (baptised 3 November 1611; died 26 November 1651) was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.
Henry Ireton was an English soldier and statesman, a leader of the Parliamentary cause during the Civil Wars between the Royalists and Parliamentarians. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Ireton joined the Parliamentary army. In November 1642 he commanded a cavalry force in the indecisive Battle of
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Henry Ireton was a lawyer, diplomat and soldier who fought for the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War. He married Oliver Cromwell's daughter, signed the death warrant of Charles I and led campaigns in Ireland.
Henry Ireton was a Parliamentary soldier and son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1652, but his body was exhumed and hung in 1661 after the Restoration of Charles II.
Jan 17, 2022 · A biography of Henry Ireton, a Puritan leader and Cromwell's right-hand man in the English Civil War. Learn about his military career, his role in the Putney Debates, and his involvement in the King's trial and execution.
Howard Shaw introduces Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law, a regicide, and a man with principles and temper of a Cassius, who “stuck at nothing.”. On Saturday, January 30th, 1661, the twelfth anniversary of the execution of Charles I, the disinterred bodies of Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, and John Bradshaw were drawn on hurdles from ...
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Jul 10, 2024 · A devout puritan, Henry Ireton was an immediate parliamentarian activist rising to the rank of Commissary-General of the New Model Army. Ireton shared Oliver Cromwell's religious enthusiasm and acted as one of his political mentors. Ireton, more than any other individual, even Cromwell, brought about the execution of Charles I.
