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
Sir Oliver Cromwell (1563–1655), c. 1589, Hieronymus Custodis (circle of)
Hinchingbrooke House
Portrait of Sir Oliver Cromwell, English School, 1647, Oil on Canvas.
Queens' College, Cambridge
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Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the
Sir Oliver Cromwell
…Sir Henry Williams, alias Cromwell, of Hinchingbrooke, and his wife Joan, a daughter of Sir Ralph Warren, Lord Mayor of London. He matriculated from Queens' College, Cambridge, at Lent 1579 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 12 May 1582. He lived at Godmanchester until the death of his father. Cromwell held a number of local…
Queens' College Gatehouse
Bird's eye view of Queens' College, Cambridge by David Loggan, published in 1690
Cloister Court
The President's Lodge, as seen from Cloister Court