Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell of Oakham (c. 1560 - 27 April or 24 September 1607) was an English peer.

Life

Cromwell was the son of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell of Oakham and Lady Mary Paulet.

He served in the expedition against Spain with the Earl of Leicester and was knighted by him in 1599. He joined in the Earl of Essex's rebellion, for which he was fined £3,000 and imprisoned for some months, but received a special pardon from Elizabeth I in 1601. He purchased the Barony of Lecale, County Down, in 1606 and died in Ireland.

Marriages and issue

He married firstly in 1581 Elizabeth Upton (died 5 January 1592/1593, buried Launde Abbey, Launde, Leicestershire), daughter of William Upton of Puslinch, Devon, and Mary Kirkham, and had an only daughter:

• Hon. Elizabeth Cromwell, who married in 1597 Sir John Shelton of Shelton, Norfolk (21 December 1559 - bef. 1606), widow of Joan Mauleverer, and later Thomas Fitzhughes of Oxfordshire.

He married secondly c. 1593 Frances Rugge, also known as Repps (died before 30 November 1631), who married secondly Richard Wingfield, 1st Viscount Powerscourt, daughter of William Rugge, also known as Repps, of Felmingham, Norfolk, and Thomasine Townshend, daughter of Sir Robert Townshend, Justice of Chester, and had three children:

• Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass
• Hon. Frances Cromwell (Oakham, Rutland, c. 1603 - Tickencote, Rutland, 25 June 1662), married 30 January 1619 Sir John Wingfield of Tickencote, Rutland (Tickencote, Rutland, c. 1595 - Tickencote, Rutland, 25 December 1631), widower of Jane Turpin, daughter of Sir William Turpin, and High Sheriff of Rutland, and had eight children
• Hon. Anne Cromwell (died 11 July 1636), wife of Sir Edward Wingfield of Carnew, County Wicklow (died 22 April 1638), first son and heir of Richard Wingfield of Robertstown, County Limerick, and Honora O'Brien, and had seven children

Sources

• G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 192.
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CROMWELL.htm#Edward CROMWELL (4º B. Cromwell)
• http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Cromwell1540.htm

External links

• Biography