A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Ireton, Bridget
IRETON, BRIDGET,
Eldest daughter of Oliver Cromwell, was baptized at St. John's church, Huntingdon, on the 4th. of August, 1624. She was a gloomy enthusiast, and such a bigoted republican, that she grudged her father his title of Protector. Nevertheless, she is spoken of as a person of great wisdom, "humbled and not exalted by her accession of greatness." January 15th., 1647, she was married, at Norton, to the saintly Henry Ireton, Lord Deputy of Ireland; and after his death to Fleetwood, who was appointed to the same high post. She seems to have cherished as much admiration for her first husband as she entertained contempt for the second. To Fleetwood, however, her strong sense and advice were of the greatest assistance. She died at Stoke Newington, where she was buried, September 5th., 1681.