1. Harvard Scholar Leads Cromwell Military Intelligence - DENNIS-SEWELL-CROMWELLS-SPY

CAPTION 1653 CROMWELL MOCKEDHarvard Scholar Leads Cromwell Military IntelligenceDennis Sewell, author of Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War, Part One: George Downing, a graduate of Harvard College's first class, demonstrates exceptional fluency in conversational Latin. After returning to England, Downing joins Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army as a chaplain and preacher. Recognizing Downing's combination of intelligence and cold-blooded ruthlessness, Cromwell appoints him Scoutmaster General, heading military intelligence. Downing builds extensive spy networks in Edinburgh during the English Civil Wars and secures administrative control over Scotland using New England Puritans. Furthermore, Downing arranges for captured Scottish prisoners of war to be shipped as forced labor to Massachusetts ironworks and Barbados sugar plantations while acquiring valuable London real estate. (1)