Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Henry Ireton

Battles of Henry Ireton

English politician (1611-1651)

Henry Ireton is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1645 and 1651: 1 battle and 3 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (2), Ireland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 529 km apart end to end, 176 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Irish Confederate Wars (3), English Civil War (1).

Battle of NasebySack of WexfordSiege of WaterfordSiege of LimerickBattle of NasebySack of WexfordSiege of WaterfordSiege of LimerickDublinManchesterLeedsCardiffLiverpoolCorkNottinghamPortsmouthStokeBlackpool200 km52.459N, 4.810W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1645: 1 engagements1649: 2 engagements2 in 16491651: 1 engagements16451651
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Naseby, 1645Sack of Wexford, 1649Siege of Waterford, 1649Siege of Limerick, 165116451651
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 June 1645Battle of NasebyNaseby, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
2 October 1649Sack of WexfordWexford, Ireland371 km WCommonwealth victory
December 1649Siege of WaterfordWaterford, United Kingdom46 km WParliamentarian victory; New Model Army take Waterford...
June 1651Siege of LimerickLimerick, Ireland111 km NWParliamentarian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Attributed to Robert Walker / After Samuel Cooper / After Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.