Family and Education
b. ?1566, 1st s. of alias Williams" class="involume">Henry Cromwell alias Williams of Hinchingbrooke by Joan, da. of Sir Ralph Warren, ld. mayor of London; bro. of Richard and Robert Cromwell and of Henry Cromwell. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1579; L. Inn 1582. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Bromley, 4s. 4da.; (2) July 1601, Anne (d.1626), da. of Giles Hoostman of Antwerp, wid. of Sir Horatio Palavicino, 2s. 2da. KB 1603. suc. fa. 1604.The date of his birth is sometimes given as 1562, but evidence is conflicting; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 80; W. Berry, Co. Genealogies, Herts. 107; VCH Hunts. ii. 67; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure; i. 126 and n; C142/283/106.
Offices Held
Capt. musters, Hunts. 1585. j.p. from c.1586, rem. 1587, rest. by 1594, custos rot. c. 1605; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1598 – 99; gent. of privy chamber by 1603; attorney to Queen Anne 1604.
Main residences: Godmanchester; Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.
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Commons 1558-1603
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CROMWELL, Oliver (?1566-1655)
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