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Henry Ireton (baptised 3 November 1611; [1] died 26 November 1651) was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.
Henry Ireton (born 1611, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died Nov. 28, 1651, Limerick, County Limerick, Ire.) was an English soldier and statesman, a leader of the Parliamentary cause during the Civil Wars between the Royalists and Parliamentarians.
Henry Ireton was a lawyer, diplomat and soldier who fought for the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War. He married Oliver Cromwell's daughter, signed the death warrant of Charles I and led campaigns in Ireland.
Howard Shaw introduces Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law, a regicide, and a man with principles and temper of a Cassius, who “stuck at nothing.”
Jun 27, 2024 · A devout puritan, Henry Ireton was an immediate parliamentarian activist rising to the rank of Commissary-General of the New Model Army. Ireton shared Oliver Cromwell's religious enthusiasm and acted as one of his political mentors.
Henry Ireton (1611—1651) was a parliamentarian army officer and regicide in the English Civil War. He married Cromwell's daughter, defended property rights, and signed the king's death warrant.
Henry Ireton was baptised on 3 November 1611 in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire. The Iretons had moved from the area of Kirk Ireton, Little Ireton or Ireton wood in Derbyshire into Nottinghamshire at some point after 1600.
