Cromwell

[ krom-wuhl, -wel; kruhm- ]

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noun

Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
his son Richard, 1626–1712, English soldier, politician, Lord Protector of England 1658–59.
Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?–1540, English statesman.
a town in central Connecticut.

Cromwell

/ krɒmˈwɛlɪən; -wɛl; ˈkrɒmwəl /

CromwellOliver15991658MEnglishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Oliver. 1599–1658, English general and statesman. A convinced Puritan, he was an effective leader of the parliamentary army in the Civil War. After the execution of Charles I he quelled the Royalists in Scotland and Ireland, and became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1653–58)
CromwellRichard16261712MEnglishPOLITICS: head of state his son, Richard. 1626–1712, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1658–59)
CromwellThomas?14851540MEnglishPOLITICS: statesman Thomas ,Earl of Essex. ?1485–1540, English statesman. He was secretary to Cardinal Wolsey (1514), after whose fall he became chief adviser to Henry VIII. He drafted most of the Reformation legislation, securing its passage through parliament, the power of which he thereby greatly enhanced. He was executed after losing Henry's favour

Eventually, Charles I will be overthrown, and the puritan dictator Oliver Cromwell will take power.

Cromwell actually did declare a War on Christmas, which he deemed to be sensuous paganism.

According to tradition, that's what Oliver Cromwell told the English “rump parliament” when he dissolved it in 1653.

Graham Smith, the most successful British republican since Oliver Cromwell, has had a good war so far.

Cromwell, for one, thinks the Academy should revise its rules to recognize nonhuman performers.

He was so zealous a partisan of democracy, and of Cromwell, that the authorities frequently placed him in a straight jacket.

And this went on during the whole of the time this country was blessed with Cromwell and a Republican Government.

Richard Cromwell's parliament dissolved by commission under the great seal, at the instance of Desborough.

Wolsey found it so, and so also did More; and now Cromwell was to follow More to the block.

Durham, in common with mostPg 189 of the cathedrals, suffered severely at the hands of the Parliamentarians under Cromwell.

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