Richard Cromwell

[1] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_richard.shtml)[2] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cromwell_oliver.shtml) [3] (http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon48a.html). Robert Donat was married to Ella Annesley Voysey (1929-1946) and to the British actress Renee Asherson (1953-1958).
. He died from a cerebral haemorrage in London aged 53.
. However, he suffered from ill-health (asthma) which blighted his career, and his last role, as the Mandarin of Yang Cheng in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is memorable because it was apparent that he knew he was close to death. He retired to obscurity, going into exile on the Continent under the soubriquet of "John Clarke", but returning in 1680 to live out the remainder of his life in Britain. Donat made his first stage appearance in 1921 and his film debut in 1932 in The Private Life of Henry VIII (as Thomas Culpepper), under the renowned film director and producer Alexander Korda.

Unlike his father, Richard was not held accountable for the death of King Charles I. Donat was born in Withington, Manchester, of Polish descent, but his success was largely due to typecasting as the quintessential English gentleman. This was the beginning of a short period of restoration of the Commonwealth of England but led to a state of anarchy that resulted in the return of the exiled King Charles II of England and the English Restoration. Chips (1939 film) (for which he won an Academy Award). He gave it up with little hesitation, resigning or "abdicating" after a demand by the Rump Parliament. Robert Donat (March 18, 1905 - June 9, 1958) was an English actor, best remembered for his roles in The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Richard was an unlikely successor, coming to prominence only because his two elder brothers both died before their father. Having previously sat in parliament, but only having joined the Council of State a year before his appointment as Protector, he had neither the political experience nor the interest required to maintain his position. The Winslow Boy (1948)- Sir Robert Morton.