On Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:20:03 AM UTC-6, markrut...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > As far as I understand there are no direct descendants of Olover Cromwell who have the surname Cromwell. The male line of succession died out after 5 generations with a daughter who was the heiress. She had several daughters, of which one married my great, great granfather, who was a Warner. So I am a direct descendant. My sister Fern Flynn is a direct descendant as are her children including Jerome Flynn (as mentioned in one of the posts). On the So You Think You're Royal programme on Sky, they used our photos and photos of portraits hich illustrates the line of descent. Amazingly, Jerome's brother, Daniel Flynn recently played one of Cromwell's generals in the play 55 days at the Hampstead Theatre Club. An excellent play showing the dilemmas thaqt faced Cromell whilst inaugurating the idea of parliament alone being sovereign but having a constitutional 'monarch'. Mark Ashton WARNER On Monday, 4 June 2012 16:25:04 UTC+1, roy.st...@btinternet.com wrote: > As a republican (though not a particularly virulent or obsessive one), I fell to musing over the > > weekend while watching the Jubilee pageant on the Thames (for the boats, not the royals) > > whether there are any living descendants of Oliver Cromwell, my historical hero who > > abolished the monarchy and led the execution party of Charles I, making Britain a republic, > > albeit for only a relatively short period. > > > > According to various websites, there are many. The following site > > > > http://hipweb.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cromwellcollection/genealogy/heredis/info.htm > > > > says..... > > > > "There are many people alive today who are directly descended from Oliver Cromwell, via his > > son Henry and his daughters Bridget and Frances. Their descent has been thoroughly > > researched and reconstructed down to the mid Victorian period. Thus so long as you can > > trace your ancestry back as far as the 1860s, you should be able to see quite easily whether > > or not you lock into one of the proven lines of descent from Cromwell." > > > > I am aware for certain of only one, the Yorkshirewoman Katharine Worsley, the Duchess of > > Kent (and of course her children), who was born at Hovingham Hall, Hovingham, North > > Yorkshire, in 1933 . She is the 8x-great-granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell via one of his > > daughters, the aforementioned Frances. Ironic, is it not, that she is the Queen's first cousin, > > yet it was her ancestor who was responsible for the execution of HM's 9x-great-grandfather > > in 1649? I wonder if they ever discuss it over afternoon tea! > > > > Cromwell and his wife Elizabeth Bourchier had nine children of whom six survived to > > adulthood but only three produced descendants. > > > > I wonder whether we have any Cromwell descendants on this list??? Personally, I wish I were > > one but no such luck! > > > > > > -- > > Roy Stockdill > > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > > and that is not being talked about." > > OSCAR WILDE I am a descendant of Oliver Cromwell and I reside in Texas. A framed picture of the coat-of-arms hangs on my bedroom wall. My great-grandfather Herbert E. Cromwell was born in 1906 and is buried in Brenham, Texas. He had only daughters so as they married the surname was lost. However, I am not sure of which I am a descendant from Henry, Frances, or Bridget. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97301401