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See also:IRETON, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY (161I–1651) , See also:English See also:parliamentary See also:general, eldest son of See also:German Ireton of Attenborough, See also:Nottinghamshire, was baptized on the 3rd of See also:November 1611, became a See also:gentleman commoner of Trinity See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, in 1626, graduated B.A. in 1629, and entered the See also:Middle See also:Temple the same See also:year. On the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War he joined the parliamentary See also:army, fought at Edgehill and at See also:Gainsborough in See also:July 1643, was made by See also:Cromwell See also:deputy-See also:governor of the Isle of See also:Ely, and next year served under See also:Manchester in the See also:Yorkshire See also:campaign and at the second See also:battle of See also:Newbury, afterwards supporting Cromwell in his accusations of incompetency against the general. On the See also:night before the battle of See also:Naseby, in See also:June 1645, he succeeded in surprising the Royalist army and captured many prisoners, and next See also:day, on the See also:suggestion of Cromwell, he was made See also:commissary-general and appointed to the command of the See also:left wing, Cromwell himself commanding the right. The wing under Ireton was completely broken by the impetuous See also:charge of See also:Rupert, and Ireton was wounded and taken prisoner, but after the rout of the enemy which ensued on the successful charge of Cromwell he regained his freedom. He was See also:present at the See also:siege of See also:Bristol in the See also:September following, and took an active See also:part in the subsequent victorious campaign which resulted in the overthrow of the royal cause. On the 3oth of See also:October 1645 Ireton entered See also:parliament as member for See also:Appleby, and while occupied with the siege of Oxford he was, on the 15th of June 1646, married to See also:Bridget, daughter of See also:Oliver Cromwell. This See also:union brought Ireton into still closer connexion with Cromwell, with whose career he was now more completely identified. But while Cromwell's policy was practically limited to making the best of the present situation, and was generally inclined to See also:compromise, Ireton's attitude was based on well-grounded principles of statesmanship. He was opposed to the destructive schemes of the extreme party, disliked especially the abstract and unpractical theories of the Republicans and the See also:Levellers, and desired, while modifying their mutual See also:powers, to retain the constitution of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King, Lords and See also:Commons. He urged these views in the negotiations of the army with the parliament, aIM in the conferences with the king, being the See also:person chiefly entrusted with the See also:drawing up of the army proposals, including the manifesto called " The Heads of the Proposals." He endeavoured to prevent the See also:breach between the army and the parliament, but when the See also:division became inevitable took the See also:side of the former. He persevered in supporting the negotiations with the king till his See also:action aroused See also:great suspicion and unpopularity. He became at length convinced of the hopelessness of dealing with See also:Charles, and after the king's See also:flight to the Isle of See also:Wight treated his further proposals with coldness and urged the parliament
to establish an See also:administration without him. Ireton served under See also:Fairfax in the second civil war in the See also:campaigns in See also:Kent and See also:Essex, and was responsible for the executions of See also:Lucas and See also:Lisle at See also:Colchester. After the rejection by the king of the last offers of the army, he showed See also:special zeal in bringing about his trial, was one of the See also:chief promoters of " See also:Pride's Purge," attended the See also:court regularly, and signed the See also:death-See also:warrant. The See also:regiment of Ireton having been chosen by See also:lot to accompany Cromwell in his Irish campaign, Ireton was appointed See also:major-general; and on the recall of his chief to take the command in See also:Scotland, he remained with the See also:title and powers of See also:lord-deputy to See also:complete Cromwell's See also:work of reduction and replantation. This he proceeded to do with his usual See also:energy, and as much by the severity of his methods of See also:punishment as by his military skill was rapidly bringing his task to a See also:close, when he died on the 26th of November 1651 of See also:fever after the See also:capture of See also:Limerick. His loss " struck a great sadness into Cromwell," and perhaps there was no one of the parliamentary leaders who could have been less spared;, for while he possessed very high abilities as a soldier, and great See also:political penetration and insight, he resembled in stern unilinchingness of purpose the See also:protector himself. By his wife, Bridget Cromwell, who married afterwards General Charles See also:Fleetwood, Ireton left one son and three daughters.
End of Article: IRETON, HENRY (161I–1651)
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