Sir Henry Williams, also known as Sir Henry Cromwell, was a knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was the grandfather of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell.
Genealogy of the Williams alias Cromwells, from about 1066 to 1602
North front of Hinchinbrook (1787)
Hinchingbrooke House (2007)
Sir Oliver Cromwell
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Sir Oliver Cromwell KB 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 Parlia
Henry Williams (alias Cromwell)
…married twice. He married firstly, Joan (d. 1584), daughter of Sir Ralph Warren, twice Lord Mayor of London, by whom he had six sons and five daughters: Sir Oliver Cromwell. Robert Cromwell (c. 1567 - 1617), married Elizabeth Steward (c. 1560 - London, 1654), by whom he had two children: Anne Cromwell, married John Sewster…
Sir Oliver Cromwell (1563–1655), c. 1589, Hieronymus Custodis (circle of)
Portrait of Sir Oliver Cromwell, English School, 1647, Oil on Canvas.