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Hace 3 días · In 1660, General George Monck, a former royalist turned Cromwellian commander, marched his troops south from Scotland and seized London, forcing the dissolution of the Protectorate. Monck and his allies in Parliament opened secret negotiations with the exiled Charles II.
Hace 3 días · But George Monck, one of Cromwell’s leading generals, realized that under Cromwell’s successors the country was in danger of being torn apart and with his formidable army created the situation favourable to Charles’s restoration in 1660.
Hace 6 días · During the civil and military unrest that followed, George Monck, the Governor of Scotland, was concerned that the nation would descend into anarchy. Monck and his army marched into the City of London, and forced the Rump Parliament to re-admit members of the Long Parliament who had been excluded in December 1648, during Pride's Purge.
Hace 2 días · The military administration in Scotland, led by General George Monck, was relatively successful. It managed to enforce law and order, suppressing the banditry of the Moss-troopers and enforcing a form of limited religious toleration, but by introducing English judges largely suspending the Scots law.
Hace 2 días · The only other monument in this aisle is to the memories of George Monck and Christopher, his son, both Dukes of Albemarle, and also of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Albemarle, relict of the latter. The principal monument in the north aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel is that of Queen Elizabeth.
Hace 4 días · Sir John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath, 1628-1701, served the King's cause as a soldier, privateer and conspirator, then secured the allegiance of Gen. Monck to bring about the Restoration. Born at Kilkhampton, Cornwall in August 1628, John Grenville was the third son of Sir Bevil Grenville and Grace, daughter of Sir George Smith.
Hace 5 días · 17 May 1654: While campaigning in Perthshire during the Earl of Glencairn's Rising, General George Monck issued orders from Cardross House ordering woodland near Aberfoyle to be cut down as it was giving "great...
