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About Richard Williams
Sir Richard Williams, also known as Sir Richard Cromwell, was a Welsh soldier and courtier in the reign of Henry VIII, who knighted him on 2 May 1540. He was a maternal nephew of Thomas Cromwell, profiting from the Dissolution of the Monasteries in which he took an active part. He was the patrilineal great-grandfather of Oliver Cromwell.
Everything about Richard Williams →- Occupation
- politician, military commander, courtier
- Position held
- Member of the 1539-40 Parliament, Member of the 1542-44 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1510
- Died
- October 20, 1544