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Oliver Cromwell was an English statesman, farmer and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and later as a politician. A leading advocate of the execution of Charles I in January 1649, which led to the establishment of the Commonwealth…
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politics · English military and political leader (1599–1658) · military leader · politician · farmer · army officer · also Oliver Cromwell, Noll Cromwell, Lord Protector, Copper Nose, Olyver Cromwell, Old Noll
Born 25 April 1599 · Died 3 September 1658 · Q44279
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“s political allies as his ministers and which would guarantee rights of religious liberty for all sincere protestants. This brought him into conflict with those in Parliament who wanted to replace the old Church of England, with a new”
“and I was moved to bid him lay down his crown at the feet of Jesus.”
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“I believe we put to the sword the whole number of the defendants. I do not think thirty of the whole number escaped with their lives.”
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“you are no Parliament, I say you are no Parliament; I will put an end to your sitting”
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“I had rather be overthrown by a Cavalierish interest than a Scotch interest; I had rather be overthrown by a Scotch interest than an Irish interest and I think of all this is the most dangerous”
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“I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in considerable height, nor yet in obscurity.”
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It was reported that the Cork City Council was satirically considering erecting a statue of the mosquito that gave Cromwell malaria as part of the city's public art scheme
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“Government by one man and a parliament is fundamental,”
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Wall Street Journal: ‘The Making of Oliver Cromwell’ Review: A Plain Man, Warts and All
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern later said, he voiced "forthright" views to British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook when his delegation saw a portrait of Cromwell in a room in the Foreign Office
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The Irish minister for lands stated that his policies were necessary to "undo the work of Cromwell"
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And a steam locomotive built by British Railways in 1951 was named Oliver Cromwell
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A statue of Cromwell by Matthew Noble was erected in Manchester outside the Manchester Cathedral, a gift to the city by Abel Heywood in memory of her first husband
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His statue outside the Houses of Parliament was not erected until 1895, with most of the funds privately supplied by Prime Minister Archibald Primrose
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To Josiah Henry Wilkinson, and it was publicly exhibited several times before being buried beneath the floor of the antechapel at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1960
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Died 1658-09-03.
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“It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to make what haste I can to be gone.”
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“If we do not depart from God, and disunite by that departure, and fall into disunion among ourselves, I am confident, we doing our duty and waiting upon the Lord, we shall find He will be as a wall of brass round about us till we have finished that work which he has for us to do.”
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Career landmark: Lord Protector (1653–1658).
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Career landmark: Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1650–1657).
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“to spare any that were in arms in the town”
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Career landmark: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England (1640–1649).
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Career landmark: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England (1628–1629).
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Born 1599-04-25.
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