Editing St Ives, Cambridgeshire (section)

===Statue of Oliver Cromwell===
[[File:St Ives Cambs Oliver Cromwell statue.jpg|upright|thumb|The [[Statue of Oliver Cromwell, St Ives|Statue of Oliver Cromwell]] on Market Hill in the town centre]]

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[[Oliver Cromwell]] (1599–1658) was an English military and political leader who rose to prominence during the [[English Civil War]]. Initially a member of Parliament, he led Parliamentary forces ([[Roundhead|Roundheads]]) against [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]], playing a key role in the king's execution in 1649. Cromwell helped establish the [[Commonwealth of England]] and later ruled as [[Lord Protector]] from 1653 until his death. A devout [[Puritans|Puritan]], he enforced strict religious and moral codes. His rule was marked by military campaigns in Ireland and Scotland, which remain controversial. Cromwell died in 1658, and [[Stuart restoration|the monarchy was restored]] two years later in 1660.<ref name = fraser>Antonia Fraser, ''Cromwell, Our Chief of Men'',   Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973, ISBN 978-029776556</ref> The bronze statue is by [[F. W. Pomeroy]] and was erected in 1901.<ref name = times1901>''Lord E Fitzmaurice on Cromwell'', in the Times Newspaper, 24 October 1901, page 10, accessed in the Times Archive, subscription required</ref>