Knights, baronets and peers of the Protectorate but those such as "George Monck, General in Scotland", who had not taken up their seats in the Other House, were not referred to as lord. Aside from the Other House members who were known as lords, two peers are known to have been granted by the Lord Protector and a third may have been: Knights, baronets and peers of the Protectorate Knights made by Oliver Cromwell. Knights made by Lord Protector Richard Cromwell: Knights made in Ireland by Henry Cromwell, lord deputy of Ireland. Restoration (England)#Regrant of certain Commonwealth titles The following baronetcies were conferred by the Lord Protector
Monarchy of Ireland and signed a formal treaty with Charles I in 1648. But in 1649, the Rump Parliament, victorious in the English Civil War, executed Charles I, and made England a republic, or "Commonwealth". The Parliamentarian general Oliver Cromwell came across the Irish Sea to crush the Irish royalists, temporarily uniting England, Scotland, and Ireland under one government, and styling himself "Lord Protector" of the three kingdoms. ("See also Cromwellian conquest of Ireland".) After Cromwell's death in 1658, his son Richard emerged as the leader of this pan-British Isles republic, but he was not competent to maintain it. The Parliament of England