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    Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599 in Huntingdon, England. He attended local schools and Cambridge University before becoming a minor landowner and farmer in East Anglia. Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620 and they had 10 children together. He became involved in politics and the English Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel and later becoming the second in command of the New Model Army. In 1653, Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the abolition of the monarchy. He died in 1658 from a recurrence of malaria.

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    Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599 in Huntingdon, England. He attended local schools and Cambridge University before becoming a minor landowner and farmer in East Anglia. Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620 and they had 10 children together. He became involved in politics and the English Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel and later becoming the second in command of the New Model Army. In 1653, Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the abolition of the monarchy. He died in 1658 from a recurrence of malaria.

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    Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599 in Huntingdon, England. He attended local schools and Cambridge University before becoming a minor landowner and farmer in East Anglia. Cromwell married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620 and they had 10 children together. He became involved in politics and the English Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel and later becoming the second in command of the New Model Army. In 1653, Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the abolition of the monarchy. He died in 1658 from a recurrence of malaria.

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    Oliver Cromwell

    A presentation by Michelle Anstett

    Cromwells early life

    Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599 in Huntingdon, England to Elizabeth and Robert Cromwell

    Elizabeth Cromwell

    Robert Cromwell

    Cromwells education

    He attended grammar school at Huntingdon grammar school, which is now the Cromwell Museum

    He then attended Cambridge University

    If he was smart, he would have gone to Oxford

    See, its much prettier than dirty old Cambridge, isnt it??

    Cromwells early occupation

    He became a minor landowner in East Anglia, farming and collecting rents for income
    This is Cromwell

    Cromwells wife

    He married Elizabeth Bourchier in 1620, just a few months after his 21st birthday

    Cromwells children

    Robert (1621-1639) Oliver (1623-1644) Bridget (1624-?) Richard (1626-1712) Henry (1628-1674)

    Elizabeth (1629-1658) James (1632) Mary (1637-1700) Frances (1638-1721)

    Cromwell and religion


    Believed to have converted before civil wars Godly reformation Liberty of conscience

    Cromwell as military man

    Captain of small group of mounted troops in 1642 Promoted to colonel in 1643 2nd in command of New Model Army in 1645 Summer 1650 appointed lord general (commander-in-chief) of all parliamentary forces

    Became Lord Protector in December 1653

    Died in London on September 3, 1658 after a recurrence of malarial fever

    Works Cited

    The Oliver Cromwell website. The Cromwell Association. 13 February 2007. <www.olivercromwell.org>. Plant, David. Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658.

    British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-60. <www.british-civil

    wars.co.uk>. Buchan, John. Oliver Cromwell. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1934.

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