Edmund Ludlow

Edmund Ludlow
Commander-in-chief of Ireland
In office 18 July 1659 – 5 January 1660
Preceded by	Henry Cromwell (as lord deputy)
Succeeded by	The Duke of Albemarle (as lord lieutenant)
Member of parliament for Hindon
In office 1659 – (rump parliament abolished)
Member of parliament for Wiltshire
In office 1646–1653
Personal details
Born	c. 1617 Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England
Died	1692 Vevey, Switzerland
Political party	Commonwealthsmen
Spouse	Elizabeth Thomas
Profession	politician, soldier
Military service
Rank	Lieutenant-general of horse (1650-1655...1659-1660) Commander-in chief of the New Model Army in Ireland (1651-1652) Commander-in-chief of all forces in Ireland (1659-1660)
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms . First English Civil War . Second English Civil War . Irish Confederate Wars

Edmund Ludlow (c. 1617–1692) was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Ludlow was elected a Member of the Long Parliament and served in the Parliamentary armies during the English Civil Wars. After the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1649 he was made second-in-command of Parliament's forces in Ireland, before breaking with Oliver Cromwell over the establishment of the Protectorate. After the Restoration Ludlow went into exile in Switzerland, where he spent much of the rest of his life. Ludlow himself spelt his name Ludlowe.^[1]