Robert Cromwell
Robert Cromwell MP | |
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Called 'Robert Cromwell (d.1617)', c. 1650, Robert Walker (circle of) | |
| Member of Parliament for Huntingdon | |
| In office 1593 – October 1597 Serving with Robert Lee | |
| Preceded by | Francis Flower |
| Succeeded by | Richard Cromwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1560 Huntingdon, England |
| Died | 1617 Huntingdon, England |
| Resting place | All Saints Churchyard, Huntingdon |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Steward |
| Relations | Cromwell family |
| Children | Oliver Cromwell |
| Parent(s) | Henry Cromwell Joan Warren |
| Occupation | Politician |
Robert Cromwell (c. 1560–1617) was an English politician who was the father of Oliver Cromwell. He represented Huntingdon in the English House of Commons.[1] He was a man of sober Puritanism. He married Elizabeth Steward around 1590.[2] They had 10 children, seven girls and three boys, but the only boy to survive infancy was Oliver Cromwell.[2] Upon the death of his father Henry Williams (alias Cromwell), Cromwell inherited a small estate in Huntingdon. Cromwell was buried in All Saints, Huntingdon on 24 June 1617.
References
- ^ Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1899). "CROMWELL, Robert (d.1617), of Huntingdon. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ a b https://www.cromwellmuseum.org/cromwell/cromwell-the-man/early-life