Henry Ireton

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Henry Ireton
Portrait by Robert Walker
Lord Deputy of Ireland
In office 1650–1651
Member of Parliament for Appleby
In office October 1645 – November 1651  †
Personal details
Born	1611 (baptised 3 November 1611)[1] Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	26 November 1651(1651-11-26) (aged 40) Limerick, Ireland
Spouse	Bridget Cromwell (1646 – his death)
Children	5, including Henry and Bridget
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford
Occupation	Political and religious radical, regicide and Parliamentarian soldier
Military service
Years of service	1642–1651
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms Edgehill; Gainsborough; First Newbury; Marston Moor; Second Newbury; Naseby; Bristol; Oxford; Maidstone; Colchester; Cromwellian conquest of Ireland Drogheda; Waterford; Limerick

Henry Ireton (baptised 3 November 1611;^[1] died 26 November 1651) was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.