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Edmund Ludlow
Edmund Ludlow | |
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| Commander-in-chief of Ireland | |
| In office 18 July 1659 – 5 January 1660 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Cromwell (as lord deputy) |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Albemarle (as lord lieutenant) |
| Member of parliament for Hindon | |
| In office 1659 – (rump parliament abolished) | |
| Member of parliament for Wiltshire | |
| In office 1646–1653 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1617 Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 1692 Vevey, Switzerland |
| Political party | Commonwealthsmen |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Thomas |
| Profession | politician, soldier |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Lieutenant-general of horse (1650-1655...1659-1660) Commander-in chief of the New Model Army in Ireland (1651-1652) Commander-in-chief of all forces in Ireland (1659-1660) |
| Battles/wars | Wars of the Three Kingdoms . First English Civil War . Second English Civil War . Irish Confederate Wars |
Edmund Ludlow (c. 1617–1692) was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Ludlow was elected a Member of the Long Parliament and served in the Parliamentary armies during the English Civil Wars. After the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1649 he was made second-in-command of Parliament's forces in Ireland, before breaking with Oliver Cromwell over the establishment of the Protectorate. After the Restoration Ludlow went into exile in Switzerland, where he spent much of the rest of his life. Ludlow himself spelt his name Ludlowe.[1]
- ^ Firth, C. H.; Worden, Blair (reviewer) (May 2006) [2004]. "Ludlow, Edmund (1616/17–1692)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17161. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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