The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Daily entries from the 17th century London diary

Oliver Cromwell

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Phil   Link to this

Father of Richard: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/168/

Phil   Link to this

Husband of Elizabeth: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/1318/

Glyn   Link to this

A summary of Cromwell's life from an exhibition held at Cambridge University:
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/Cromwell/c...

There is a statue of Oliver Cromwell standing outside the House of Commons:

http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/political...

but it's in a part of the grounds that cannot be reached by the public. It wasn't erected for more than 200 years after his death until 1898 and led to bitter debates in both the House of Commons and House of Lords, and thunderous leaders in the newspapers, with opposition from Conservative Members of Parliament and monarchists on one side and Irish Members of Parliament on the other: a testimony to his still controversial nature. In the end it was paid for anonymously and donated to the nation.

Michael Robinson   Link to this

The Death, Funeral Order, and Procession, of ... Oliver Cromwell, late Lord Protector.

See:-

Diary of Thomas Burton esq, volume 2: April 1657 - February 1658 (1828), pp. 516-30. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?com.... Date accessed: 15 January 2007.

Includes many people well known to Diary readers, not least among them Secretary to the General at sea, Mr. Richard Creed.

CGS   Link to this

Bust of :
Terracotta portrait bust of Oliver Cromwell by Louis-François Roubiliac

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights...

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