WHAT IF... OLIVER CROMWELL’S SON HAD NEVER BEEN NAMED LORD PROTECTOR?
May 12, 2022
3 minutes
“RICHARD CROMWELL’S POWER BASE WITHIN THE ARMY WAS MINIMAL AND HE HAD LITTLE CLOUT IN PARLIAMENT”
In September 1658, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, lay on his deathbed. He had served less than five years in his role as both head of state and head of government, following the earlier execution of Charles I in 1649, but he was now required to name his successor. Cromwell is understood to have done so verbally; certainly, no written records survive
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