Henry Ireton Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Henry Ireton NPG D28764
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after Unknown artist
A leading Parliamentarian and an austere Puritan, Ireton was one of Cromwell's ablest supporters, noted for his powers of leadership and for his political integrity. He married Bridget, Cromwell's daughter, in 1646. Noted for his strong leadership and political integrity, he strove to formulate an acceptable constitution which would restore Charles I with reduced power until, tired of the King's apparent duplicity, he became one of the leading advocates for his execution. As Lord Deputy in Ireland from 1650, he followed up... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










