What is Richard Cromwell?
{{Infobox officeholder<!--Neither Cromwell was ROYAL--> |name = Richard Cromwell |image = RichardCromwell.jpeg |imagesize = 220px |caption = Richard Cromwell |office = [[Lord Protector#Cromwellian Commonwealth|Lord Protector]] of the [[Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland]] |term_start = 3 September 1658 |term_end = 25 May 1659<br/>(264 days) |predecessor = [[Oliver Cromwell]] |successor = [[English Council of State|Council of State]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1626|10|4|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Huntingdon]], [[Huntingdonshire]], England |death_date = {{Death date and age|1712|7|12|1626|10|4|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Cheshunt]], [[Hertfordshire]], England |nationality = English |party = [[Roundhead]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Dorothy Maijor]]<br>|1649|1675|end=d.}} |relations = [[Oliver Cromwell]] <small>(father)</small><br/>[[Elizabeth Bourchier]] <small>(mother)</small> |children = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1=Elizabeth Cromwell<br/><small>(1650–1731)</small><br/>Edward Cromwell<br/><small>(1644–1688)</small><br/>Anne Cromwell<br/><small>(1651–1652)</small><br/>Mary Cromwell<br/><small>(1654)</small><br/>Oliver Cromwell<br/><small>(1656–1705)</small><br/>Dorothy Cromwell<br/><small>(1657–1658)</small><br/>Anna Cromwell Gibson<br/><small>(1659–1727)</small><br/>Dorothy Cromwell Mortimer<br/><small>(1660–1681)</small>}} |nickname = ''Tumbledown Dick''<br>''Queen Dick'' }} {{Infobox British Royalty styles|republic |name = Richard Cromwell,<br/>Lord Protector of the Commonwealth |dipstyle = [[Highness|His Highness]] |offstyle = Your Highness |altstyle = Sir }} '''Richard Cromwell''' (4 October 1626 – 12 July 1712) was the third son of [[Oliver Cromwell]], and the second [[Lord Protector]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]], for little over eight months, from 3 September 1658 until 25 May 1659. Richard Cromwell's enemies called him ''Hickory Dick'' and ''Queen Dick''. Richard Cromwell was not suited to ruling the country. He followed h