1599 - OLIVER!

 
England's saviour
 
On 25th April 1599, the much-maligned Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon.  His story's fairly well-known, he grew up to be a Member of Parliament, part-time lawyer, deputy head of the New Model Army and ultimately Lord Protector of England.  A Protestant of the Independent tendency, he was a pretty liberal bloke by the standards of his time and had a tendency to support the "little people" in the face of entrenched privilege and central power - although he wasn't a natural revolutionary.
 
He played a major part in saving England from the tyranny of Charles I, but was unfortunately unable to establish a stable republic thereafter.  He at least tried his best and helped to establish the principle that even the reigning monarch is not above the law - so as far as I'm concerned, he gets and "A" for effort.
 
25.4.08 14:40
 


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Dave / Website (29.4.08 18:04)
 Popular man in Ireland I beleve.


Citizen Stuart / Website (30.4.08 13:07)
 Well, you can't please everyone all the time, can you?

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