Oliver Cromwell

ABOUT OLIVER CROMWELL

Military leader during the English Civil Wars who served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. A 2020 BBC poll listed him as one of the top ten greatest Britons of all time.

He was the grandson of a wealthy landowner.

He was responsible for the deaths of 3,000 soldiers and numerous Irish civilians. Winston Churchill considered him to be some form of a military dictator.

He and his wife had nine children.

He was portrayed by actor Richard Harris in a 1970 biopic.