Convened by Charles I, this got its strange name because, through an act of Parliament (passed by, erm, itself) it could not be dissolved unless the members agreed and they didn't, not until after the end of the interregnum in 1660, although it was greatly weakened in 1648 by Cromwell's New Model Army.
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Viscount Combermere, Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
Born Bedford. Inherited the title from his father, the first Viscount, in 1865. Was killed in a collision with a horse-drawn carriage and while all the family and staff were away at the funeral his...
1 memorial
William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty
As secretary of the Admiralty in November 1805 it was Marsden who was the first to receive the news of the Battle of Trafalgar. Born County Wicklow. Sent by the civil service to work in Sumatra a...
1 memorial
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Born Wiltshire. His daughter, Anne married the Duke of York, who eventually became James II. His son was Henry. Close to Charles II even before the Restoration he was appointed his Chancellor of t...
2 memorials
Sir Edward North Buxton (2nd baronet)
Politician. Son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and father of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, being the 1st, 2nd and 3rd baronets. He grew up in Leytonstone House. Served as MP for Essex South, 1847-52 and ...
1 memorial
J. Harrison
Hon. Sec. of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
1 memorial
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