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The Protectorate, officially the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was the English form of government lasting from 16 December 1653 to 25 May 1659, under which the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with their associated territories were joined together in the Commonwealth of England, governed by a Lord Protector.
The Protectorate: 1653–58 ... The Cromwell tank was a British medium-weight tank first used ... a 1970 British historical drama film written and directed by Ken ...
Throughout 1653, Cromwell and the Army slowly dismantled the machinery of the Commonwealth state. The English Council of State , which had assumed the executive function formerly held by the King and his Privy Council, was forcibly dissolved by Cromwell on 20 April, and in its place a new council, filled with Cromwell's own chosen men, was ...
George Merritt in the 1937 film The Vicar of Bray. Edmund Willard in the 1949 film Cardboard Cavalier. Bill Fraser in the 1949 film Helter Skelter. In the 1958 British film The Moonraker, Cromwell makes a brief appearance, portrayed by John Le Mesurier. Patrick Wymark makes a brief appearance as Cromwell in the 1968 film Witchfinder General.
Events from the year 1653 in England. Incumbents. Lord Protector – Oliver Cromwell (starting 16 December) ... This is the start of The First Protectorate, ...
The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649–1660) refers to the kingless governments of England (including Wales and Cornwall), Scotland, Great Britain and Ireland during the Interregnum between the actual reigns of the Stuart King Charles I (1625–1649) and his son King Charles II (1660–1685).
Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector.
Similarly, Malta was a British protectorate between the capitulation of the French in 1800 and the Treaty of Paris of 1814. The princely states of India was another example of indirect rule during the time of Empire. [3] So too were many of the West African holdings. [4] Other British protectorates followed.