Robert Cromwell, of Huntingdon, K.B.

brief biography and family

Second (surviving?) son of Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell.

Death : 1617

• Father : CROMWELL Sir Henry ( ? - 1603 )
• Mother : WARREN Joan ( ? - 1584 )

Union : STEWARD Elizabeth ( ? - 1654 )

children

1. CROMWELL Joan ( 1592 - ? )
2. CROMWELL Elizabeth ( 1593 - 1672 )
3. CROMWELL Henry ( 1595 - ? )
4. CROMWELL Catherine ( 1597 - ? )
5. CROMWELL Oliver ( 1599 - 1658 )
6. CROMWELL Margaret ( 1601 - ? )
7. CROMWELL Anna ( 1603 - 1646 )
8. CROMWELL Jane ( 1606 - 1656 )
9. CROMWELL Robert ( 1609 - 1609 )
10. CROMWELL Robina ( ? - ? )

notes

allegedly also known as Robert Williams (but not proven)

comments

Surname has also been reported to be Williams Cromwell.

Given name has also been reported to be Robert Williams.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1563 at Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire (now Cambrdigeshire), England (unattested, conflicts with Stirnet's "Cromwell03" page).

sources

• https://www.datadirect.org.uk/cromwellcollection/genealogy/fiches/f...

links

• https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4rz/cromwell03.php#link1 (membership required in order to view without interruption)
• FamilySearch AFN FK7G-54

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The Lord Protector's father, Robert Cromwell, younger brother of Sir Oliver and fellow Queensman, settled in the town of Huntingdon. Though a JP and briefly MP for the Borough, he preferred the private life. He was one of the signatories of a certificate to the Privy Council that the draining of the Fens was feasible and "might be performed without peril to any haven or county". He died in 1617, leaving his wife Elizabeth to bring up their young family - one son, the great Oliver, and six surviving daughters. Elizabeth ran a brewing business to help the family finances and was always close to her son. She died in 1654 in her apartments in the Palace of Whitehall.

- "Memoirs of the Protectoral -House of Cromwell" by the Reverend Mark Noble, published in 1787.