Richard Cromwell's Protectorate
1658–1659 · Event
Oliver Cromwell's son Richard — 'Tumbledown Dick' — inherits the Protectorate but, lacking the army's confidence, resigns within nine months, opening the collapse that led to the Restoration.
On these timelines: English Civil War, England, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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