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Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1611)

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Henry Ireton

English politician (1611–1651)

Henry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Title of the chief governor of Ireland from 1690 to 1922

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800) and the United…
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