From Gloucestershire, a distant relation of Oliver Cromwell. Supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He was a General at Sea, major-general. One of the Commissioners for Charles I's trial and one of the signatories on the death warrant.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Deane, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
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Col. Richard Deane
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
Local politician. Born Bradford. Graduated from Ruskin College, Oxford. Served in the navy during WW2 and later worked in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years. First elected to Enfield Co...
Born Ireland. Senior army officer in WW1, commanding the Fifth Army, not particularly successfully. Died in London.
Charles James Rooke was born on 22 April 1894 at 15 St Marks Road, Kennington, London, one of the ten children of James Rooke (1845-1899) and Emma Eliza Rooke née Thorn (1852-1929). His birth was r...
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