Restoration (1660) the Restoration period. Charles was proclaimed King again on 14 May 1660. He was not crowned, having been previously crowned at Scone in 1651. The Restoration "presented an occasion of universal celebration and rejoicing throughout Scotland". Charles II summoned his parliament on 1 January 1661, which began to undo all that been forced on his father Charles I of Scotland. The Rescissory Act 1661 made all legislation back to 1633 'void and null'. Barbados, as a haven for refugees fleeing the English republic, had held for Charles II under Lord Willoughby until defeated by George Ayscue. When news reached Barbados
QSMV Dominion Monarch and reached The Downs on 1 April. The ship left Britain again on 28 April 1940. In wartime merchant and naval ships were blacked out, including their navigation lights. In May "Dominion Monarch" collided with a coaster that was part of a convoy in the English Channel. Damage seems to have been slight, as she continued "via" Cape Town to Australia, calling at Fremantle, Adelaide and Melbourne before reaching Sydney on 6 June. On her return voyage "Dominion Monarch" embarked 100 Australian soldiers in Sydney and brought them "via" Melbourne, Cape Town and Freetown to Liverpool in England, where she