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Born 1619 • England
Died March 1684 (aged 65) • England
Political Affiliation Roundhead
Role In English Civil Wars • First English Civil War • Instrument of Government

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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
George Monck, detail of an oil painting after S. Cooper, c. 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Monck, 1st duke of Albemarle
British general
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax
English general
Robert Walker: Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton
British statesman
Edward Montagu, 2nd earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd earl of Manchester
British general
Charles Fleetwood
English general
Thomas Rainborow
English soldier
Charles I
Charles I
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon
English statesman
G. Glover, after Edward Bower: John Pym
John Pym
English statesman
Robert Blake, portrait miniature by Samuel Cooper; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Robert Blake
British admiral
John Rushworth
English historian
Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex
English noble
Henry Wilmot, 1st earl of Rochester
English noble
James Stanley, 7th earl of Derby
English commander
Sir William Waller
English commander
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, engraving
Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick
English colonial administrator
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax
English general
Thomas Wentworth, earl of Cleveland
English noble
Charles II, 19th-century engraving by William Holl.
Charles II
king of Great Britain and Ireland