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    Lord Protector (plural: Lords Protector) was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular...
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    led to the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, he ruled as Lord Protector from December 1653 until his death in September 1658. Although elected...
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    the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Constitutionally between thirteen and twenty-one councillors were elected by Parliament to advise the Protector, who...
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    are: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex; and, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector. The line of Oliver Cromwell descends from Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)...
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    Richard Cromwell (category Lords Protector of England)
    the second and final Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and the son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. Following...
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    Edward Semel, was an English nobleman and politician who served as Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 during the minority of his nephew King...
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    Henry at the First Battle of St Albans, upon which York was appointed Lord Protector by Parliament. Fighting resumed four years later when Yorkists led by...
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    Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the mother of Richard Cromwell, the second Lord Protector. Elizabeth...
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  • Protectorate period (1653–1659) of the Commonwealth of England, the Lord Protector reserved the power previously held by the monarch to confer knighthoods...
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  • and others in authority Lord Protector, a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state Protector (role variant), in personality...
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    a Lord Protector. It began when Barebone's Parliament was dissolved, and the Instrument of Government appointed Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of...
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    successor, King Edward VI (Catherine's stepson) and the younger brother of Lord Protector of England Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and of Jane Seymour...
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    adopted the Instrument of Government, by which Oliver Cromwell was made Lord Protector of a united "Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland", inaugurating...
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  • the pack must leave the forest, as the Lord Protector plans to burn it to wipe them out. The Lord Protector, seeking to restore control of the town, assures...
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    Lord Protector of the Realm, Governor of the King's Person and Duke of Somerset. Henry VIII's will did not provide for the appointment of a Protector...
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    Charles II of England (category Lord high stewards of Scotland)
    September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. Charles spent the next nine years...
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  • The Lord Protector: The Riddle of the Chosen is a 1996 fantasy film starring Patrick Cassidy and directed by Ryan Carroll. The film was released under...
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    Richard III of England (category Lords Protector of England)
    Scotland in 1482. When Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's eldest son and successor, the 12-year-old...
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    first holder of the title created it for himself in his capacity of Lord Protector of the Kingdom of England, using a power granted in the will of his...
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  • the only other witness, the minstrel Marillion. Petyr names himself Lord Protector and claims Lysa's son Robin as his ward. The Lords of the Vale also...
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    Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (category Lord high admirals of England)
    Henry VIII. With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control of their nephew, the young King Edward...
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    1720) was the ninth child and youngest daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife,...
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    first Lord Protector. The Instrument of Government was replaced by a second constitution (the Humble Petition and Advice) under which the Lord Protector could...
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  • (1599–1658) was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Oliver Cromwell...
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    non-conformists gathered round the mayor. The rebellion worried Somerset, now Lord Protector, and he sent an army to impose a military solution to the rebellion...
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    ministers (XXXIV) and elects the Lord Protector upon the death of the previous one (XXXII). Thus the Lord Protector was far from an absolute ruler, with...
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    and his brief reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle and Lord Protector, the Duke of Gloucester, who deposed him to reign as King Richard III;...
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    clearing the way for a subsequent parliament to appoint Richard of York Lord Protector. The incapacitation of Henry VI by mental illness in 1454 led to the...
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    circumventing Richard, Duke of Gloucester, whom the late king had appointed Lord Protector. Hastings, who had long been friendly with Richard and hostile to the...
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    the Commonwealth until 1658. In 1658 Cromwell's personal standard as Lord Protector became the "Standard for the General of his Highnesse fleet", while...
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