On Monday, June 4, 2012 10:25:04 AM UTC-5, 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'm a descendant of his line. Not sure if I'm direct, I think I came from one of his siblings, I need to check again (my family has the documentation.) I don't know why you would want to be his descendant, it's cool, but it doesn't really benefit me at all. ;)

On 22 Jul at 21:06, William <cyber_shark5000@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, June 4, 2012 10:25:04 AM UTC-5, roy.st...@btinternet.com > wrote: <snip for brevity> > > I wonder whether we have any Cromwell descendants on this list??? > > Personally, I wish I were one but no such luck! > > > > -- > > > > Roy Stockdill > I'm a descendant of his line. Not sure if I'm direct, I think I came > from one of his siblings, I need to check again (my family has the > documentation.) I don't know why you would want to be his descendant, > it's cool, but it doesn't really benefit me at all. ;) I share your relationship to Cromwell's line but, like Roy, I would like to be his descendant. Cromwell brought order out of chaos. While he was a butcher in Ireland, in other respects he was moderate and tolerant. He did not have time for the many fanatics that were around and struggled with the problem of how to install a non-monarchical government that could survive. He may have failed in his lifetime but his legacy lives on in the dictum that 'Parliament is Sovereign' and decides both laws and monarchs. Read his writings and the biographies of him and perhaps you will understand why he is held in such respect. "Paint me as I am, warts and all" - O. Cromwell. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/