Henry Cromwell (1628 - 1674)

Born 20 Jan 1628 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Russell) Cromwell — married 10 May 1653 in All Saints, Huntingdonshire, England

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1674 at age 46 in Spinney Abbey, Cambridgeshire, England

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Biography

Henry Cromwell was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and his wife, Elizabeth Bourchier, born in Huntingdon on 20 January 1628. He was baptised at Huntingdon on 29th. ^[1] Educated at Felsted School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge he served under his father during the latter part of the Civil War. In 1650, after the execution of Charles I the previous year, Henry accompanied his father to Ireland.

On 10 May 1653 he married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Francis Russell and his wife, Catherine Wheatley, who bore him five sons and two daughters. Henry returned to Ireland in 1654. In 1657 he advised his father to refuse the office of King. When Oliver Cromwell died on 3 September 1658 ^[2] Henry welcomed the elevation of his brother, Richard, to the office of Lord Protector. Richard however did not have the stature of his father and the administration fell into chaos. Recalled to England after his brother's fall, Henry resigned his offices.

Unmolested at the Restoration he retired to Spinney Abbey at Wicken in Cambridgeshire where he died on 23 March 1674. Henry was buried at Wicken. ^[3]

His will leaves everything including the manor of Spinney in Wicken to his wife. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal record Huntingdon (29 January 1627 OS Henry Cromwell born 20 January 1627 OS son of Oliver Cromwell)
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell
3. ↑ Find A Grave: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17952091 Memorial #17952091 Henry Cromwell]
4. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1; Class: PROB 1; Piece: 43 Description Piece Description: Piece 043: Henry Cromwell (1673-1674) via https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/2000042:5111

• Peter Gaunt, ‘Cromwell, Henry (1628–1674)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 23 May 2017. This is a subscription sire but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.

• Wikipedia [1]

• Cambridge Alumni Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Easter, 1644. Youngest s. of the Protector. B. at Huntingdon, Jan. 20, 1628. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Feb. 22, 1653-4. M.P. for the University, 1654. Created M.A. 1654. Major-general of the forces in Ireland, 1654. Lord-deputy, 1657. Governor general, 1658. Lived in retirement after the Restoration, at Chippenham, and at Spinney Abbey, Cambs. Died there Mar. 23, 1673-4. Buried at Wicken. Brother of Oliver (1641), Richard (1656) and father of Henry (1675). (J. Waylen, 44; D.N.B.)

• Waylen, James, 1810-1894. The House of Cromwell And the Story of Dunkirk: a Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Protector. Boston: J. G. Cupples, pg. 23. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009586949 (Use slide tool to go to pg 23)

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of 104-B.ged on 12 September 2010.

• WikiTree profile Cromwell-156 created through the import of Rhodes 2011_2011-07-09_01_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Tom Rhodes.

• WikiTree profile Cromwell-208 created through the import of MAWarner_B1949_Anc.ged on Feb 26, 2012 by Wombat Allen.