Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

On September 17, 1656, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector, addressed the English Parliament to lay out his foreign policy, and he began by asking the most basic political questions: Who are our ...

When Oliver Cromwell died in September of that year, his oldest son Richard inherited the title of Lord Protector, and with it a state that Henry Reece describes as a “teat with too many mouths ...

Defeat at Dunbar sees Scotland conquered and incorporated into Cromwell's Protectorate state. Thousands of Scots are transported as slaves to the colonies. Video: A history of Scotland ...

A museum which tells the story of Oliver Cromwell is hoping to acquire an ... prominent during the Civil War leader's rule as ...

Scotland's History Covenanters Charles II becomes King after Cromwell's death The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...