See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• HENRY IRETON (161I–1651)

IRETON (161I–1651)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, eldest son of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• IRETON, HENRY (161I–1651)

Ireton of Attenborough, See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire, was baptized on the 3rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1611, became a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman commoner of Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, in 1626, graduated B.A. in 1629, and entered the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple the same See also:

• YEAR

year . On the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he joined the parliamentary See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, fought at Edgehill and at See also:

• GAINSBOROUGH
• GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS (1727-1788)

Gainsborough in See also:

• JULY

July 1643, was made by See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Isle of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely, and next year served under See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester in the See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign and at the second See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• NEWBURY

Newbury, afterwards supporting Cromwell in his accusations of incompetency against the general . On the See also:

• NIGHT

night before the battle of See also:

• NASEBY

Naseby, in See also:

• JUNE

June 1645, he succeeded in surprising the Royalist army and captured many prisoners, and next See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, on the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of Cromwell, he was made See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary-general and appointed to the command of the See also:

• LEFT

left wing, Cromwell himself commanding the right . The wing under Ireton was completely broken by the impetuous See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert, and Ireton was wounded and taken prisoner, but after the rout of the enemy which ensued on the successful charge of Cromwell he regained his freedom . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol in the See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September following, and took an active See also:

• PART

part in the subsequent victorious campaign which resulted in the overthrow of the royal cause . On the 3oth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1645 Ireton entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as member for See also:

• APPLEBY

Appleby, and while occupied with the siege of Oxford he was, on the 15th of June 1646, married to See also:

• BRIDGET, BRIGITTA, BIIGITTA, OF SWEDEN, SAINT (c. 1302-1373)
• BRIDGET, SAINT

Bridget, daughter of See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver Cromwell . This See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union brought Ireton into still closer connexion with Cromwell, with whose career he was now more completely identified . But while Cromwell's policy was practically limited to making the best of the present situation, and was generally inclined to See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise, Ireton's attitude was based on well-grounded principles of statesmanship . He was opposed to the destructive schemes of the extreme party, disliked especially the abstract and unpractical theories of the Republicans and the See also:

• LEVELLERS

Levellers, and desired, while modifying their mutual See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, to retain the constitution of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King, Lords and See also:

• COMMONS

Commons . He urged these views in the negotiations of the army with the parliament, aIM in the conferences with the king, being the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person chiefly entrusted with the See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up of the army proposals, including the manifesto called " The Heads of the Proposals." He endeavoured to prevent the See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach between the army and the parliament, but when the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division became inevitable took the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the former . He persevered in supporting the negotiations with the king till his See also:

• ACTION

action aroused See also:

• GREAT

great suspicion and unpopularity . He became at length convinced of the hopelessness of dealing with See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, and after the king's See also:

• FLIGHT

flight to the Isle of See also:

• WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight treated his further proposals with coldness and urged the parliament to establish an See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration without him .

Ireton served under See also:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax in the second civil war in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent and See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, and was responsible for the executions of See also:

• LUCAS, CHARLES (1713–1771)
• LUCAS, JOHN SEYMOUR (1849– )
• LUCAS, SIR CHARLES (d. 1648)

Lucas and See also:

• LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)

Lisle at See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester . After the rejection by the king of the last offers of the army, he showed See also:

• SPECIAL

special zeal in bringing about his trial, was one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief promoters of " See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

Pride's Purge," attended the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court regularly, and signed the See also:

• DEATH

death-See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant . The See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of Ireton having been chosen by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot to accompany Cromwell in his Irish campaign, Ireton was appointed See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general; and on the recall of his chief to take the command in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, he remained with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title and powers of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord-deputy to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete Cromwell's See also:

• WORK

work of reduction and replantation . This he proceeded to do with his usual See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, and as much by the severity of his methods of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment as by his military skill was rapidly bringing his task to a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close, when he died on the 26th of November 1651 of See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever after the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick . His loss " struck a great sadness into Cromwell," and perhaps there was no one of the parliamentary leaders who could have been less spared;, for while he possessed very high abilities as a soldier, and great See also:

• POLITICAL

political penetration and insight, he resembled in stern unilinchingness of purpose the See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector himself . By his wife, Bridget Cromwell, who married afterwards General Charles See also:

• FLEETWOOD
• FLEETWOOD, CHARLES (d. 1692)
• FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM (1656-1723)

Fleetwood, Ireton left one son and three daughters .