Charles Fleetwood (as chief governor of Ireland)

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Charles Fleetwood was a prominent English Parliamentarian general and politician who served as a leading Cromwellian administrator in Ireland during the Interregnum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cromwellian administrator
English general
Parliamentarian soldier
chief governor of Ireland
human
after Henry Ireton (as chief governor of Ireland)
linked to: Henry Ireton
allegiance Commonwealth of England
Parliament of England
appointedBy Oliver Cromwell
before Henry Cromwell (as chief governor of Ireland)
linked to: Henry Cromwell
birthDate c. 1618
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 4 October 1692
era Interregnum
Protectorate
familyName Fleetwood
fatherInLaw Oliver Cromwell
givenName Charles
governedTerritory Ireland
ideology English republicanism
militaryBranch Parliamentarian army
notableAction enforcement of transplantation policy for Irish landowners
implementation of land confiscations in Ireland
notableFor leading Cromwellian military and civil administration in Ireland
role in enforcing Cromwellian religious and political policies in Ireland
notableWork administration of Cromwellian settlement in Ireland
officeLocation Dublin Castle
opposed Irish Confederate forces
linked to: Irish Confederates

Royalists
participantIn English Civil War
First English Civil War
linked to: English Civil War

Second English Civil War
Third English Civil War
positionHeld Lord Deputy of Ireland
commander-in-chief in Ireland
major-general
member of the Council of State
member of the Protector’s Council
one of the generals-at-sea (de facto senior military leader under the Protectorate)
religiousBelief Puritan
residence Dublin
spouse Bridget Cromwell
supported Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell

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Henry Cromwell predecessor Charles Fleetwood (as chief governor of Ireland)