- English Parliamentarian
- English Regicide
- 1659-1660: Commander-in-Chief of Ireland (all forces)
- 1651-1652: Commander-in chief of the New Model Army in Ireland
- Veteran for Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Veteran for First English Civil War
- Veteran for Second English Civil War
- Veteran for Irish Confederate Wars
General Edmund Ludlow was born 1617 in Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom to Henry Ludlow (1592-1643) and Elizabeth Phelps (1590-1650) and died 26 November 1692 Vivey, Vaud, Switzerland of unspecified causes.
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. Ludlow was elected a Member of the Long Parliament and served in the Parliamentary armies during the English Civil Wars. After the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1649 he was made second-in-command of Parliament's forces in Ireland, before breaking with Oliver Cromwell over the establishment of the Protectorate. After the Restoration Ludlow went into exile in Switzerland, where he spent much of the rest of his life. Ludlow himself spelt his name Ludlowe.[1]
Early life
Ludlow was born in Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, the son of Sir Henry Ludlow of Maiden Bradley and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Phelips of Montacute, Somerset.[1] He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in September 1634 and graduated in 1636.[1] He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1638.[1]
Exile after the Restoration
Ludlow took his seat in the Convention Parliament as member for Hindon, Wiltshire, but his election was annulled on 18 May after the parliament ruled that all those that had been judges of Charles I during his trial should be arrested. Ludlow was not protected under the Pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion Act.[2] Accordingly, on the proclamation of the king ordering the regicides to come in, Ludlow emerged from his concealment, and on 20 June surrendered to the Speaker; but finding that his life was not assured, he succeeded in escaping to Dieppe, France, travelled to Geneva and Lausanne, and thence to Vevey, Switzerland. On 16 April 1662, the canton of Bern granted Ludlow and two fellow fugitives, Lisle and Cawley, an act of protection allowing them to live in the canton. His wife joined him in 1663. For security, he adopted the pseudonym of Edmund Phillips, based on a variant of his mother's maiden name.[1]
After the Glorious Revolution of 1688 opened up the prospect of a return, in 1689 Ludlow came back to England. He was however remembered only as a regicide, and an address from the House of Commons was presented to William III by Sir Edward Seymour requesting the king to issue a proclamation for his arrest. Ludlow escaped again, and returned to Vevey, where he died in 1692.[1]
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Edmund Ludlow (1617-1692) | 1617 Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom | 26 November 1692 Vivey, Vaud, Switzerland | |
| Robert Ludlow (1621-1643) | |||
| Nathaniel Ludlow (1624-1701) | |||
| Frances Ludlow (1626-1675) | |||
| Philip Ludlow (1628-) | |||
| Henry Ludlow (1629-1701) | 19 February 1629 Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom | 12 May 1701 St Bride Fleet Street, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | Leticia Bradley (1630-) |
Residences
Notable Ancestors
Ludlow Family Ancestry
- George Ludlow (1504-1543), married to Edith Windsor (1515-1613)
- Edward I of England (1239-1307) - King of England, m. Eleanor of Castile (1202-1244) - See Plantagenet Family Line for a continuation of his ancestry.
- William I, King of England (1027-1087) - (aka: William the Conqueror) - In 1066 became first Norman king of England.
- Emporer Charlemagne (747-814) - King of the Franks and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
See Also
- Edmund Ludlow
- Ludlow Family
- Ludlow in England
- Ludlow Baronets
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Edmund Ludlow
- General Edmund Ludlow, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Gen-Edmund-Ludlow-MP-and-Regicide/4068344975780020593, retrieved 08 Dec 2023
Parliamentarian Succession Charts
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir James Thynne |
Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1646–1653 With: Hon. James Herbert 1646–1648 |
Succeeded by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper |
| Preceded by Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament |
Member of Parliament for Hindon 1659 With: Edward Tooker |
Succeeded by Robert Reynolds |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Henry Cromwell (Lord Deputy) |
Commander-in-Chief of Ireland 1659–1660 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Albemarle (Lord Lieutenant) |
References
- ^ a b c d e f Firth; Worden, Blair (reviewer) (May 2006). "Ludlow , Edmund (1616/17–1692)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17161. (subscription or UK public library membership required) Template:DNB first
- ^ John Raithby (ed. 1819), Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628–80 (1819), pp. 226–234. Charles II, 1660: An Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indempnity and Oblivion, XXXIV. Persons excepted by Name who were concerned in the Murder of King Charles I, Date accessed: 18 February 2008.