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Oliver Cromwell

Bust of Oliver Cromwell by Louis-François Roubiliac.
Above: Bust of Oliver Cromwell by Louis-François Roubiliac (detail) © Trustees of the British Museum.

10 Cromwell Facts

Cromwell’s early life

21 – Cromwell’s age at the time he married, 2 years younger than his wife Elizabeth Bourchier.

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Cromwell’s family

9 – the number of children born to Cromwell and Elizabeth; 5 sons and 4 daughters.

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The English Civil War

8 years – the time it took Cromwell to rise from a man with no military experience to the position of commander-in-chief of the parliamentary army.

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Battles of the English Civil War

23 October 1642 – the date of the first major engagement of the English Civil War, at the Battle of Edge Hill.

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Casualties of the Wars

85,000 – the estimated number of people made homeless by the English Civil War.

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Cromwell in Ireland

3,400 – the approximate number of Irish defenders killed after the Siege of Drogheda.

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The execution of Charles I

59 – the number of signatories of Charles I’s death warrant.

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Cromwell’s death

£6 million – the equivalent budget for Cromwell’s state funeral in current money.

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Cromwell’s execution

28 years – the estimated time that Cromwell’s severed head remained on display upon a spike on the roof of Westminster Hall.

+ Read more about Cromwell’s posthumous execution

Cromwell’s head

299 – the number of years after his posthumous execution that Cromwell’s head was reburied, in a secret ceremony at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge.

+ Read more from the strange tale of Cromwell’s head

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