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Robert Cromwell

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Robert Cromwell
Portrait of Robert Cromwell found in the Cromwell Museum
Personal details
Borncirca 1560
Huntingdon
Died1617
Huntingdon
Resting placeAll Saints Churchyard, Huntingdon
SpouseElizabeth Steward
RelationsCromwell family
ChildrenOliver Cromwell
Parent(s)Henry Cromwell
Joan Warren

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 was married to Elizabeth Steward.

Upon his Father's, Henry Williams (alias Cromwell), death, Cromwell inherited a small estate in Huntingdon.

References

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  1. ^ Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1899). "CROMWELL, Robert (d.1617), of Huntingdon. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

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