Commonwealth of England to them, as part of what is now referred to as the Third English Civil War. In 1653, after the forcible dissolution of the Rump Parliament, the Army Council adopted the Instrument of Government which made Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of a united "Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland", inaugurating the period now usually known as the Protectorate. After Cromwell's death, and following a brief period of rule under his son, Richard Cromwell, the Protectorate Parliament was dissolved in 1659 and the Rump Parliament recalled, the start of a process that led to the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
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