Henry Ireton

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Henry Ireton was a prominent English Civil War general and political leader, closely associated with Oliver Cromwell and influential in shaping the Commonwealth’s republican settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English general
Parliamentarian
person
politician
allegiance English Commonwealth
Parliament of England
associatedWith Army Staff
surface form: Army Council

New Model Army
Oliver Cromwell
Rump Parliament
battle Battle of Edgehill
Battle of Naseby
Siege of Drogheda
Siege of Limerick (1651)
birthDate 1611-11-03
birthPlace Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England
bodyDisinterred yes
bodyPosthumousPunishment posthumous execution during the Restoration
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath fever
child Bridget Bendish
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1651-11-26
educatedAt Middle Temple
Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Henry Ireton self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ireton
fatherInLaw Oliver Cromwell
fullName Henry Ireton self-link
givenName Henry
ideology English republicanism
Puritanism
militaryBranch Parliamentary army
militaryRank General
Major general
notableFor influential role in shaping the Commonwealth’s republican settlement
leadership in the New Model Army
notableWork participation in the trial of Charles I
role in drafting the Heads of the Proposals
role in the Agreement of the People debates
participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

English Civil War
English Civil War
surface form: First English Civil War

Second English Civil War
placeOfDeath Limerick
surface form: Limerick, Ireland
positionHeld Commander-in-chief in Ireland
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Member of Parliament for Appleby
religion Protestantism
signatureEvent signatory to the death warrant of Charles I
spouse Bridget Cromwell

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Sir Thomas Fairfax collaboratedWith Henry Ireton
Battle of Naseby commander Henry Ireton
Irish Confederate Wars commander Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton familyName Henry Ireton self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ireton
Henry Ireton fullName Henry Ireton self-link
New Model Army notableCommander Henry Ireton