From Gloucestershire, a distant relation of Oliver Cromwell. Supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He was a General at Sea, major-general. One of the Commissioners for Charles I's trial and one of the signatories on the death warrant.
When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Deane, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Col. Richard Deane
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Science, Caribbean Islands, Malta, Scotland
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Soldier and elder brother of Lord Raglan. From Wikivividly : "... in 1815 they {the Life Guards} were part of The Household Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo under Major-General Lord Edward Somers...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower ...
