Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)
Richard Williams | |
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Portrait of a Man in Black, perhaps Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), circa 1600, follower of Hans Holbein | |
| Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire | |
| In office 1539–1540 | |
| In office 1542–1544 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1510 Llanishen, Glamorganshire, Wales |
| Died | 20 October 1544 (aged 33–34) |
| Spouse |
Frances Murfyn
(m. 1534; died 1543) |
| Children | |
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Sir Richard Williams (c. 1510 – 20 October 1544), 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.