Ludlow

Ludlow, Edmund (1617-92), was born of a- good family in Wiltshire. He was educated at Oxford, and in 1638 became a student in the Temple. After serving in the Parliamentary army, he was elected member for Wiltshire (1646), and at once joined the extreme party. He succeeded Ireton as commander-in-chief in Ireland, but after six months was superseded by Fleetwood (July, 1652). In consequence of his resistance to Cromwell's usurpation he was imprisoned in 1655, but he was subsequently allowed to retire to Essex. He was instrumental in securing the return of the Rump, and again held the chief command in Ireland for six months in 1659. In August, 1660, he escaped through France to Switzerland, and eventually settled at Vevey, where he died. His Memoirs were first published in 1698-99.