The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, and longer than any Great British...
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"blustering cheat". "Cavalier" is chiefly associated with the Royalist supporters of King Charles I in his struggle with Parliament in the English Civil...
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The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (CKCS) is a British breed of toy dog of spaniel type. Four colours are recognised: Blenheim (chestnut and white), tricolour...
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1661 English general election (category Elections to the Parliament of England)
England. This Parliament was called the Cavalier Parliament, since many of the MPs elected were former Cavaliers or the sons of Cavaliers. Yet during the...
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the impeachment trial, Charles dissolved the Cavalier Parliament in January 1679. The new English Parliament, which met in March of the same year, was quite...
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Roundheads, who supported Parliament, consisting often of Puritans (either Presbyterians or Independents). The best known of the cavalier poets are Robert Herrick...
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17th century, was a reaction to the Whig-controlled Parliaments that succeeded the Cavalier Parliament. As a political term, Tory was a term derived from...
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attempted a coup against Charles II. Thus, elections were held for the Cavalier Parliament in a heated atmosphere of anxiety about a further Puritan uprising...
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session of the Cavalier Parliament (21 September 1666 – 8 February 1667) cc. 6–13 are from the seventh session of the Cavalier Parliament (10 October 1667...
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been a long-running problem. With the 1662 act about to expire, the Cavalier Parliament passed the Moss Troopers Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 3). Under section...
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Seal to it, regarding it as too generous to Catholics. In 1673 the Cavalier Parliament compelled Charles to withdraw the declaration and implement, in its...
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Parliament was dissolved by Charles II on 29 December 1660. The succeeding parliament was elected in May 1661, and was called the Cavalier Parliament...
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the Commonwealth, the return of the Anglican party to power in the Cavalier Parliament saw a strong revival of the High Church position in the English body...
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II also restored episcopacy in the Church of England. His first Cavalier Parliament began as a strongly royalist body, and passed a series of acts re-establishing...
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire)
addressed the opening of a new session of the Cavalier Parliament on 4 February 1673, calling on parliament to vote funds sufficient to carry out the war...
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Poor Relief Act 1662 (category Acts of the Parliament of England)
The Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12) was an Act of the Cavalier Parliament of England. It was an Act for the Better Relief of the Poor of this...
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session of the Cavalier Parliament (10 October 1667 – 19 December 1667) cc. 6–13 are from the seventh session (continued) of Cavalier Parliament (10 February...
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List of MPs elected in the 1935 United Kingdom general election (redirect from 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom)
making it the longest UK parliament in history and the longest parliament to sit in Westminster since the Cavalier Parliament of 1661–1679. A declaration...
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demonstrations of the beliefs of its members since the establishment of a Scottish Parliament. Scottish loyalism is visible through participation at Orange parades...
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Traditionalist Catholicism Royalism Unionism General topics Cavaliers Cavalier Parliament Château Clique Conservative corporatism Divine right of kings...
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William Price (Royalist) (category Cavaliers)
per annum. He was elected MP for Merioneth again in 1677 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. He became JP for Flintshire in 1680. Price died...
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which was formed in 1640 and was not dissolved until 1660, and the Cavalier Parliament which sat continuously for 18 years. The 1694 Act set the maximum...
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the seat rewarded an ally of the crown. During the eighteen-year Cavalier Parliament of Charles II, which lasted from 1661 to 1679, by-elections were...
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Peregrine Bertie (senior) (section Cavalier Parliament)
first sat in the fifth session of the Cavalier Parliament, held at Oxford. On the day of his introduction to Parliament, he and his elder brother Lord Willoughby...
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Prorogation in the United Kingdom (redirect from Parliament shutdown)
prorogued the Cavalier Parliament in December 1678 to prevent it continuing with the impeachment of the Earl of Danby. He dissolved Parliament that January...
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was re-elected as a member for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the Cavalier Parliament. In the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was flag captain at the Battle...
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that he had a right to be present. The next parliament, which came to be known as the Cavalier Parliament, was summoned on 18 February 1661 and assembled...
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