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Bridget Cromwell (1624 – June 1662) was Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter. She married General Henry Ireton and after he died, General Charles Fleetwood. Life. She was born to Elizabeth (born Bouchier) and Oliver Cromwell in 1624. Cromwell comes to notice in 1646 when she marries Henry Ireton who was a close colleague of her father.
Learn about the life and family of Oliver Cromwell, the English military and political leader who became Lord Protector of England. Find out how he met and married Elizabeth Bourchier, and who were their nine children.
Bridget Cromwell (born 1624) was Sir Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector's eldest daughter and the eldest of his children to survive into full adulthood. Almost nothing is known of her life until 1646, when she married Henry Ireton, senior parliamentarian officer and close confidant of Oliver.
Bridget Cromwell was the eldest daughter of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. She married twice, first to Henry Ireton, a soldier and her father's supporter, and then to Charles Fleetwood, who helped govern England after Oliver's death.
Henry Ireton married Bridget Cromwell (pictured), daughter of Oliver Cromwell, during the Siege of Oxford. Ireton was at the siege of Bristol in September 1645, and took part in the subsequent campaign that succeeded in overthrowing the royal cause. On 30 October 1645, Ireton entered parliament as member for Appleby.
Oliver Cromwell (baptised 6 February 1623 – 1644), who became a cornet in Lord St. John's troop in the army of the Earl of Essex, and died of smallpox. Bridget Cromwell (baptised 4 August 1624 – 1681), married firstly Henry Ireton (on 15 June 1646), and secondly Charles Fleetwood (in 1652).
The doctrinal reason was the belief amongst godly Protestants, including Cromwell, that the conversion of the Jews to Christianity was essential before Christ would return to reign on earth. 1656 was thought by some to be the actual year in which this would happen.
