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26 de may. de 2024 · George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle [a] KG PC JP (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth, his support was crucial to the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, who rewarded him with the title Duke of ...
Hace 2 días · The army, in particular, fascinates Reece. The best sections of The Fall concern the standoff between George Monck in Scotland, representing the interests of the exiled Rump Parliament, and John Lambert in England, who was a member of the army-backed “Committee of Safety” that led the country from October 27 to December 22 1659.
Hace 5 días · He became a colonel and governor of Coventry during the war, and mayor in 1644 when George Monck, though elected mayor for the second time, was not permitted to fill the position because of his coolness towards Parliament.
25 de may. de 2024 · 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.
25 de may. de 2024 · 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 · 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.
24 de may. de 2024 · In 1660, he served as an intermediary in the negotiations between Charles and his distant relative George Monck that led to the Restoration. To his disappointment, the Dukedom of Albemarle went to Monck, whom Charles also rewarded with the then-enormous pension of £7,000 per year.
