Back هنري إيريتون Arabic Henri Ayrton Azerbaijani هنری آیرتون AZB Henry Ireton Danish Henry Ireton German Henry Ireton Spanish Henry Ireton French Henry Ireton Frisian Հենրի Այրտոն Armenian Henry Ireton Italian
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Henry Ireton | |
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 Portrait by Robert Walker | |
| Lord Deputy of Ireland | |
| In office 1650–1651 | |
| Member of Parliament for Appleby | |
| In office October 1645 – November 1651 † | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1611 (baptised 3 November 1611)[1] Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Died | 26 November 1651 (aged 40) Limerick, Ireland |
| Spouse | Bridget Cromwell (1646 – his death) |
| Children | 5, including Henry and Bridget |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Political and religious radical, regicide and Parliamentarian soldier |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1642–1651 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Wars of the Three Kingdoms Edgehill; Gainsborough; First Newbury; Marston Moor; Second Newbury; Naseby; Bristol; Oxford; Maidstone; Colchester; Cromwellian conquest of Ireland Drogheda; Waterford; Limerick |
Henry Ireton (baptised 3 November 1611;[1] died 26 November 1651) was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.
- ^ a b Firth, Charles (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. pp. 37–43.