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It was the longest English Parliament, and longer than any Great British or UK Parliament to date, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of Charles II of England. Like its predecessor, the Convention Parliament , it was overwhelmingly Royalist and is also known as the Pensioner Parliament for the many pensions it granted to ...
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649.
The Convention Parliament was dissolved by Charles II on 29 December 1660. The succeeding parliament was elected in May 1661, and was called the Cavalier Parliament . It set about both systematically dismantling or recasting all legislation and institutions which had been introduced during the Interregnum , and confirming of the Acts of the ...
The Oxford Parliament, also known as the Third Exclusion Parliament, was an English Parliament assembled in the city of Oxford for one week from 21 March 1681 until 28 March 1681 during the reign of Charles II of England. This was the last time Parliament met outside Westminster. [1]
The Exclusion Bill Parliament was a Parliament of England during the reign of Charles II of England, named after the long saga of the Exclusion Bill. Summoned on 24 July 1679, but prorogued by the king so that it did not assemble until 21 October 1680, it was dissolved three months later on 18 January 1680/81.
As in England the republic was deemed constitutionally never to have occurred. The Convention Parliament was dissolved by Charles II in January 1661, and he summoned his first parliament in Ireland in May 1661. In 1662, 29 May was made a public holiday known to this day as Oak Apple Day. [citation needed]
The Convention Parliament was dissolved by Charles II on 29 December 1660. The succeeding parliament was elected in May 1661, and was called the Cavalier Parliament . It set about both systematically dismantling of all the legislation and institutions which had been introduced during the Interregnum , and the confirming of the Acts of the ...
The fourth session of the 2nd Parliament of King Charles II (the 'Cavalier Parliament') which met from 24 November 1664 until 2 March 1665. This session was traditionally cited as 16 & 17 Car. 2, 16 & 17 Chas. 2 or 16 & 17 C. 2; it is listed in the "Chronological Table of the Statutes" as 16 & 17 Cha. 2.