CROMWELL, Richard, eldest son of Oliver Cromwell, was by his father appointed successor to the protectorship, but very soon deposed by the army*. They discharged his debts, took all the household stuff, plate, &c. gave him a protection for six months, and so he retired. He was by no means qualified to support the station gained by the aspiring talents of his father. He was of a moderate temper, and untainted with that fanatical spirit which his father had so successfully cultivated. On the Restoration he went abroad; but returned in 1680 under the assumed name of Clark, and settled in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, where he lived privately, and died in 1712, aged 86.