Lord Protector of Ireland

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The Lord Protector of Ireland was the title held by Oliver Cromwell as the de facto head of state overseeing English rule in Ireland during the mid-17th-century Commonwealth period.

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Lord Protector of Ireland canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state title ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
appointedBy Instrument of Government ⓘ
category History of Ireland (1649–1660) ⓘ
Titles of national or ethnic leadership ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Instrument of Government ⓘ
country Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
dissolved 1660 ⓘ
endTime 1659 ⓘ
followedBy Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
governmentForm republican government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver English Army in Ireland ⓘ
Irish governance under Commonwealth rule ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver English administration in Ireland ⓘ
hasRole de facto head of state in Ireland ⓘ
military ruler of Ireland ⓘ
supreme executive authority in Ireland ⓘ
inception 1653 ⓘ
officeCreatedFor Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
officeHolder Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Richard Cromwell ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Protectorate ⓘ
politicalAlignment English Parliamentarian regime ⓘ
positionHeldBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Richard Cromwell ⓘ
precededBy Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
replacedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
English monarchy ⓘ
residence Whitehall Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palace of Whitehall
significantEvent Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
Cromwellian land settlement in Ireland ⓘ
startTime 1653 ⓘ
style His Highness the Lord Protector ⓘ
linked to: Lord Protector
titleHolder Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Richard Cromwell ⓘ
usedDuring English Commonwealth period ⓘ
Interregnum ⓘ
mid-17th century ⓘ

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Elizabeth Bourchier → spousePositionHeld → Lord Protector of Ireland ⓘ