The Cromwell family is an English

aristocratic family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteris ...

. Its most famous members are:

Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charge ...

, 1st Earl of Essex, and

Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...

, the

Lord Protector Lord Protector (plural: ''Lords Protector'') was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church. It was sometimes ...

. The line of Oliver Cromwell descends from Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), son of Thomas Cromwell's sister Katherine and her husband Morgan Williams. Peerages and titles: *

Baron Cromwell Baron Cromwell is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, which was by writ, was for John de Cromwell in 1308. On his death, the barony became extinct. The second creation came in 1375 when Ralph ...

of Wimbledon (created 1536, forfeited 1540) *

Earl of Essex Earl of Essex is a title in the Peerage of England which was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title has been recreated eight times from its original inception, beginning with a new first Earl upon each new cre ...

(created 1540, forfeited 1540) *

(created 1540, extinct 1687) * Viscount Lecale (created 1624, extinct 1687) *

Earl of Ardglass The title Earl of Ardglass (pronounced "Ar-''glass''") was created in the Peerage of Ireland on 15 April 1645. The Earl held the subsidiary titles of ''Baron Cromwell'' ( Peerage of England, 18 December 1540) and '' Viscount Lecale'' (Peerage of ...

(created 1645, extinct 1687) *

of England, Scotland and Ireland **

(1599–1658) **

Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell (4 October 162612 July 1712) was an English statesman who was the second and last Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. On his father's death ...

(1658–1659) Family tree: *Walter Cromwell (died ca. 1516/1521) m. Katherine Meverill **Katherine Cromwell (died bef. 12 July 1529) m. Morgan Williams (died bef. 12 July 1529) *** Sir Richard Williams, alias Cromwell (ca. 1510 – 1544) m. Frances Murfyn (ca. 1520/1 – ca. 1543) **** Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell (1537 – 1604) 1st m. Joan Warren (died 1584); 2nd m. Susan Weeks (died 1592) *****(1)

Sir Oliver Cromwell Sir Oliver Cromwell ( – 28 August 1655) was an English landowner, lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1625. He was the uncle of Oliver Cromwell, the Member of Parliament, general, and Lord Pr ...

(ca. 1562 – 1655) 1st m. Elizabeth Bromley (died before 1601); 2nd m. Anne Hooftman (1565–1624) ******(1) Elizabeth Cromwell (died 1666) 1st m. Henry Neale; 2nd m. Sir Richard Ingoldsby (died 1635) ******(1) four sons and four daughters ******(2) nine children *****(1) Richard Cromwell *****(1) Robert Cromwell (ca. 1560 – 1617) m. Elizabeth Steward (ca. 1564 - 1654) ******Jane Cromwell m.

John Desborough John DesboroughAlso spelt John Disbrowe and John Desborow (the latter in the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, section XLIII) (1608–1680) was an English soldier and politician who supported the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. ...

(1608-1680) ******Catherine Cromwell (born 1597) 1st m. Roger Whitstone; 2nd m. John Jones (ca. 1597 - 1660) ******Anne Cromwell m. John Sewster ******

(1599–1658) m.

Elizabeth Bourchier Elizabeth Cromwell (née Bourchier; 1598–1665) was the wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland; and the mother of Richard Cromwell, the second Lord Protector. Family and marriage Eliz ...

(1598–1665) *******Robert Cromwell (1621–1639) *******Oliver Cromwell (1622–1644) *******Bridget Cromwell (1624–1662) 1st m. Henry Ireton (1611–1651); 2nd m.

Charles Fleetwood Charles Fleetwood (c. 1618 – 4 October 1692) was an English Parliamentarian soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1652–1655, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. Named Cromwell's Lieutenant General for the Third Englis ...

(ca. 1618 – 1692) *******

(1626–1712) m. Dorothy Maijor (ca. 1620 – 1675) ********Elizabeth Cromwell (1650–1731) ********Edward Cromwell (1644–1688) ********Anne Cromwell (1651–1652) ********Mary Cromwell (born and died 1654) ********Oliver Cromwell (1656–1705) ********Dorothy Cromwell (1657–1658) ********Anna Cromwell (1659–1727) m. Thomas Gibson ********Dorothy Cromwell (1660–1681) m.

John Mortimer Sir John Clifford Mortimer (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for novels about a barrister named Horace Rumpole. Early life Mortimer was born in Hampstead, London, ...

********Edith Cromwell (1660–1694) m. N. N. Gist *******

Henry Cromwell Henry Cromwell (20 January 1628 – 23 March 1674) was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland. Biography Early life Henry Cromwell – the fourth son of Oli ...

(1628–1674) m. Elizabeth Russell (died 1687) ********Henry Cromwell (died 1711) m. Hannah Hewling ********five sons and two daughters *******

Elizabeth Cromwell Elizabeth Cromwell (née Bourchier; 1598–1665) was the wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland; and the mother of Richard Cromwell, the second Lord Protector. Family and marriage Eli ...

(1629–1658) m.

John Claypole John Claypole (21 August 1625 – 26 June 1688)or John Claypoole . was an officer in the Parliamentary army in 1645 during the English Civil War. He was created Lord Claypole by Oliver Cromwell, but this title naturally came to an end with the ...

(1625–1688) *******James Cromwell (born and died in 1632) ******* Mary Cromwell (1637–1713) m.

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg PC (c. 1627 – 31 December 1700) was an English peer. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War, becoming close to Oliver Cromwell and marrying Cromwell's third daughter, Mary. After ...

(ca. 1627 – 1700) *******

Frances Cromwell Frances Cromwell, Lady Russell (c. 6 December 1638 – 27 January 1720) was the ninth child and youngest daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife, Elizabeth Cromwell. She w ...

(1638–1720) 1st m. Robert Rich (died 1658) 2nd m.

Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet (1632? – 1669), first a Royalist, but afterwards a colonel of foot for Parliament and distinguished himself at the Battle of Marston Moor, and in the Protectorate's wars in Ireland and Flanders. Russell was the firs ...

, of Chippenham (ca. 1632 – 1669) *****(1) Dorothy Cromwell m. Thomas Fleming *****(1) Joan Cromwell (died ca. 1641) m. Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet, of Barrington Hall (ca. 1570 – 1628) *****(1) Sir Philip Cromwell *****(1) Henry Cromwell ******Elizabeth Cromwell (died before 1645) m. Sir Oliver St. John (ca. 1598 – 1673) *****(1) Ralph Cromwell *****(1) Mary Cromwell (died 1617) m. Sir William Dunch (died 1610/11) *****(1) Elizabeth Cromwell (ca. 1562 – 1664) m. William Hampden (born 1570) *****(1) Frances Cromwell m. Richard Whalley ****Francis Williams, alias Cromwell (ca. 1541 – 1598) m. Margaret Mannock *****Henry Williams, alias Cromwell (born ca. 1575) **

, 1st Earl of Essex (ca. 1485 – 1540) m.

Elizabeth Wyckes Elizabeth Wyckes, (also Wykys, or Wykes) (d. 1529) was the wife of Thomas Cromwell (1485 – 28 July 1540), Earl of Essex, and chief minister to Henry VIII of England. She was daughter to Henry Wyckes, a well-to-do clothier from Chertsey, and his ...

(died 1529) ***

Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, KB ( – 4 July 1551) was an English nobleman. He was the only son of the Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex ( – 1540) and Elizabeth Wyckes (d. 1529). Gregory's father Thomas Cromwell ros ...

(ca. 1520 – 1551) m. Elizabeth Seymour (ca. 1518 – 1568) ****

Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (before 1 March 1538 – 20 November 1592), the son of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour, was an English peer during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandson of Henry VIII's chief ...

(1538–1592) m. Mary Paulet (ca. 1540 – 1592) *****

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (– 27 April 1607) was an English peer. He was the son of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell by his wife Mary, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby. His ...

(ca. 1559 – 1607) 1st m. Elizabeth Upton (died 1593); 2nd m. Frances Rugge (died 1631) ******(1) Elizabeth Cromwell (born ca. 1585) 1st m. Sir John Shelton (1559 – 1606); 2nd m. Thomas Fitzhughes ******(2)

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass, 11 June 1594 to 20 November 1653, was an English nobleman, son of Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell and his second wife Frances Rugge. Personal details Thomas Cromwell was born 11 June 1594, eldest son ...

(1594–1653) m. Elizabeth Meverell (died 1651/53) *******Lady Mary Cromwell (died 1676) m. William FitzHerbert (1624/29 – 1597) *******

Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass, DCL, (12 September 1624 – 3 October 1668) was an English nobleman, son of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass and Elizabeth Meverell. He held the subsidiary titles of 2nd Viscount Lecale and 5th Baron ...

(1624–1668) m. Mary Russell (before 1634 - after 1687) ********

Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass (29 November 1653 – 11 April 1682), was an English nobleman, the only son of Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass of Ilam, Staffordshire and Mary Russell. He held the subsidiary titles of 3rd Viscount L ...

(1653–1682) 1st m. Honora Boyle (died 1710); 2nd m. Mary O'Brien (died 1727) *******

Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass PC (I), (2 October 1625 – 26 November 1687) was an English nobleman, son of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass and Elizabeth Meverell. Life Vere Essex Cromwell was born at Throwleigh, Staffordsh ...

(1625–1687) m. Catherine Hamilton ******** Lady Elizabeth Cromwell (1676–1709) m.

Edward Southwell Edward Southwell may refer to: * Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (1738–1777), British politician * Edward Southwell Sr. (1671–1730), Irish politician * Edward Southwell Jr. (1705–1755), Irish politician {{hndis, Southwell, Edward ...

(1671–1730) *******Hon. Oliver Cromwell ******(2) Frances Cromwell (1595–1662) m. Sir John Wingfield (ca. 1595 – 1631) ******(2) Anne Cromwell (1597–1636) m. Sir Edward Wingfield (died 1638) *****Sir Gregory Cromwell (born ca. 1561) m. Frances Griffin *****Katherine Cromwell (died 1621) m.

Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (1562 – 1612), the son of Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham, Suffolk and Susanna Jermyn, served twice as Sheriff of Suffolk, in 1593 and 1609, and was knighted in 1612. Biography He was the only son and heir of ...

, of Helmingham ****Edward Cromwell (1539 – before 1553) ****

(ca. 1540 – 1610/11) m. Katherine Gardner (died 1615/16) ****Katherine Cromwell (born ca. 1541) m. John Strode (1524 – 1581) ****Frances Cromwell (ca. 1544 – 1562) m. Richard Strode (1528 – 1581) ***Anne Cromwell (died ca. 1529) ***Grace Cromwell (died ca. 1529) ***(''illegitimate daughter'') Jane Cromwell (ca. 1530/35 – 1580) m. William Hough (ca. 1527 – 1585)

References

London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 43 March 1774 page 130-135
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