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 ...

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 ...

Few stories are as thrilling as those of the early settlers. These people were tough, hardy, and in many cases, brave. They endured all that the frontier could throw at them. Some couldn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...