Parliament of England 1658, his son Richard Cromwell succeeded him as Lord Protector, summoning the Third Protectorate Parliament in the process. When this parliament was dissolved following pressure from the army in April 1659, the Rump Parliament was recalled at the insistence of the surviving army grandees. This in turn was dissolved in a coup led by army general John Lambert, leading to the formation of the Committee of Safety, dominated by Lambert and his supporters. When the breakaway forces of George Monck invaded England from Scotland where they had been stationed—without Lambert's supporters putting up a fight—Monck temporarily recalled the Rump Parliament
Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne (died 1251) was a Scoto-Norman nobleman. Born in Scotland. Walter married in 1233, Ada de Galloway, daughter of Roland fitz Uhtred. She was the sister of Alan of Galloway. Walter fled to Ireland and then to England with his nephew John Byset after they had been accused of involvement in the murder of Padraig, Earl of Atholl (his cousin in-law) and two companions at their lodgings after a tournament at Haddington in 1242. Patrick II Earl of March, exhorted by David de Hastings, pursued Walter who sought protection from King