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 6oo APPENDIX G [2] Henry Cromwell, 4th s. of Oliver C, by Elizabeth his wife, both abovenamed; b. 20 Jan. 1627/8, at Huntingdon; admitted Gray's Inn, as "Lord Henrie Cromwell," 22 Feb. 1653/4. Capt. in the Life-guard of Gen. Sir Thomas Fairfax 1647; Col. in the Irish army Aug. 1649; Major Gen. of the forces in Ireland, and member of the Irish Council, 1654; Lord Deputy of Ireland 16 Nov. 1657, and Lord Lieut. 6 Nov. 1658. M.P. for Ireland July to Dec. 1653; and for Univ. of Cambridge 1654. Commissioner for Ejecting Scandalous Ministers, 28 Aug. 1654, for the cos. of Cambs and Hunts. He was in favour of the " Remonstrance," but urged his father to refuse the title of King.(*) He was sum. to the "Other House," 10 Dec. 1657, but did not take his seat, "by reason of his charge in Ireland"; and did not attend his brother's Pari, for the same reason. He was recalled from Ireland 7 June 1659, and went into retire- ment. At the Restoration he was not molested, and, though deprived of his lands in England, his Irish estates in Meath and Connaught were con- firmed to his trustees. He afterwards resided at Spinney Abbey, Wicken, Cambs, a small estate which he purchased in 1661. He m.^ 10 May 1653, at Kensington Church, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Francis Russell, of Chippen- ham, Cambs, Bart., by Katherine, da. and h. of John Wheatley, of Catsfield, Sussex. He d. 23, and was bur. 25 Mar. 1674, in the chancel of Wicken Church, aged 46. M.I. His widow (who is described in the par. register as " The Good ladye Cromwell'') d. 7, and was bur. with her husband 11 Apr. 1687, aged 52. M.I. DISBROWE [22] John DisbrowEjC") 2nd but ist surv. s. of James Disbrowe, of Eltisley, co. Cambridge (will pr. 29 Apr. 1635), ^7 Elizabeth, da. of Hatley; bap. 13 Nov. 1608. He is said to have been bred an attorney, but on the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Pari, army, was Capt. in a regt. of " Ironsides " raised by his brother-in-law, Oliver Cromwell,(°) in 1643; Major July 1645; commanded the Pari. Horse at (») He wrote to Thurloe, 8 Apr. 1657: " Methinkes it were pitty that all these fair advantages should be loste out of fondness for a matter of lesse moment . . . a gaudy feather in the hatt of authoritie ... I knowe it is saide that the title of k[ing] is more suitable to the lawes, fife, but I bless God to understand that H[is] H[igh- ness] hath taken the onely right way to decide this doubt, which is to consult God and his owne heart." (Thurloe's State Papers, vol. vi, p. 183). (•") The name is usually spelled " Desborough," and his biographer in the D.N.B. adopts that form, but he himself wrote it " Disbrowe." (See his autograph in Add. MSS. 33278, f 23, and 21506, f. 74). His yr. br., Samuel Disbrowe, of Elsworth, Cambs, d. there 10 Dec. 1690, aged 75. M.I. He bore for arms: Gold a fesse Sable with three bears' heads razed Silver muzzled Gules thereon. A copy of the pedigree entered by Samuel Disbrowe at Heralds' College, in 1684, is in Egcrton MSS. 2519; also an engraved portrait of " Major General Disbrowe," 1657, with a facsimile of his autograph. (') As "Captain John Disborough " he was appointed a Commissioner "for seising of Horses and Goods and Chatties of Malignants," 2 May, 1643. " A gentle- man or yeoman of about sixty or seventy pounds per annum at the beginning of the