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Edmund Ludlow (c. 1617–1692) was an English parliamentarian, best known for his involvement in the execution of Charles I, and for his Memoirs, which were published posthumously in a rewritten form and which have become a major source for historians of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Edmund Ludlow (born c. 1617, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, Eng.—died November 1692, Vevey, Switz.) was a radical republican who fought for Parliament against the Royalists in the English Civil Wars and later became one of the chief opponents of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate regime.
Edmund Ludlow was an army officer and regicide who fought for parliament in the English civil war and in Ireland under Cromwell. He was a strong republican and a prolific writer of memoirs and political tracts.
5 de abr. de 2008 · A book by Edmund Ludlow, a lieutenant-general of the horse in the army of the commonwealth of England, and C. H. Firth, a historian. It contains his personal account of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth period.
Ludlow, Edmund, a distinguished Parliamentary General who served in Ireland, was born in Wiltshire about 1620. He was employed by Cromwell as Lieutenant-General of the Horse in Ireland in 1650; after Ireton's death in 1651, he succeeded him as Commander-in-chief, and spent altogether several years in the country.
29 de abr. de 2024 · This workshop focuses on the English republican Edmund Ludlow (1617-92) as seen through his memoir of the British Civil War and its aftermath.
LUDLOW, EDMUND ( c. 1617–1692), English parliamentarian, son of Sir Henry Ludlow of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, whose family had been established in that county since the 15th century, was born in 1617 or 1618. He went to Trinity College, Oxford, and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1638.
