What is Oliver Cromwell?
{{Infobox officeholder<!--Neither Cromwell was ROYAL--> | honorific-prefix = [[His Highness]] | name = Oliver Cromwell | honorific-suffix = | image = Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg | caption = A 1656 [[Samuel Cooper]] portrait of Cromwell | office = Lord Protector of the [[Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland]] | term_start = 16 December 1653 | term_end = 3 September 1658 | predecessor = Council of State | successor = [[Richard Cromwell]] | term_start1 = 1640 | term_end1 = 1649 | constituency_MP1 = [[Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridge]] | monarch1 = [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] | term_start2 = 1628 | term_end2 = 1629 | monarch2 = Charles I | constituency_MP2 = [[Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdon]] | birth_date = 25 April 1599 | birth_place = [[Huntingdon]], [[Huntingdonshire]], Kingdom of England | death_date = 3 September 1658 (aged 59) | death_place = [[Palace of Whitehall]], London, The Protectorate | restingplace = [[Tyburn, London]] | nationality = English | spouse = {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Bourchier]]|22 August 1620}} | parents = {{unbulleted list | Robert Cromwell (father) | Elizabeth Steward (mother) }} | children = {{unbulleted list | Robert| Oliver| [[Bridget Cromwell|Bridget]] | [[Richard Cromwell|Richard]] | [[Henry Cromwell|Henry]] | [[Elizabeth Claypole|Elizabeth]] | James | [[Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg|Mary]] | Frances }} | alma_mater = [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]] | occupation = Farmer, parliamentarian, military commander | signature = Signature of Oliver Cromwell (1651).png <!--Military service--> | nickname = Old Noll;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dickens |first1=Charles |title=A Child's History of England volume 3 |date=1854 |publisher=Bradbury and Evans |page=239}}</ref> Old Ironsides | allegiance = [[Roundhead]] | branch = [[Eastern Association]] (1643–1645); [[New Model Army]] (1645–1646) | serviceyears = 1643–1651 | rank = Colonel (1643&nbsp;– bef. 1644); Lieutenant-General of Horse (bef. 1644–1645); Lieutenant-General of Cavalr