Other House (Protectorate House of Lords)

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Other House (Protectorate House of Lords) was the upper chamber of Parliament during Richard Cromwell’s Protectorate, intended as a reformed successor to the traditional House of Lords in mid-17th-century England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legislative body ⓘ
upper chamber of Parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Other House ⓘ
Protectorate House of Lords ⓘ
approximateEndTime 1659 ⓘ
approximateStartTime late 1650s ⓘ
associatedRuler Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Richard Cromwell ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Instrument of Government (and subsequent Protectorate arrangements) ⓘ
constitutionalExperiment attempt to balance monarchical and republican elements ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dissolutionCause collapse of the Protectorate government ⓘ
governmentTypeContext Protectorate ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence Richard Cromwell ⓘ
hereditaryPeersIncluded no ⓘ
historicalSignificance experiment in non‑hereditary upper chamber in England ⓘ
intendedAs reformed successor to the traditional House of Lords ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legislativeFunction to act as a moderating body between Protector and Commons ⓘ
to review and amend bills from the House of Commons ⓘ
legislativeRole upper house in a bicameral Parliament ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
lowerChamber House of Commons ⓘ
membershipBasis appointment by the Lord Protector with parliamentary consent ⓘ
membershipType nominated members ⓘ
partOf Parliament of England ⓘ
politicalContext Commonwealth and Protectorate period ⓘ
English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
politicalOpposition many republicans in the House of Commons ⓘ
supporters of traditional hereditary House of Lords ⓘ
predecessor House of Lords (pre‑Civil War) ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
reasonForCreation to provide a check on the House of Commons under the Protectorate ⓘ
to replace the hereditary peerage with a nominated upper chamber ⓘ
relatedEvent Protectorate Parliaments ⓘ
fall of Richard Cromwell ⓘ
statusAfterRestoration abolished ⓘ
successor restored House of Lords (post‑1660) ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
timePeriod mid‑17th century ⓘ

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Protectorate of Richard Cromwell → legislativeBody → Other House (Protectorate House of Lords) ⓘ
Other House (Protectorate House of Lords) → alsoKnownAs → Protectorate House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: Other House (Protectorate House of Lords)