The Protectorate The Protectorate The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth (or, to monarchists, the Interregnum) when England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector as a republic. The Protectorate began in 1653 when, following the dissolution of the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament, Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth under the terms of the Instrument of Government. In 1659 the Protectorate Parliament was dissolved by the Committee of Safety as Richard Cromwell, who had succeeded his father as Lord Protector, was unable to keep control of the Parliament and the Army. This
Battle of Mount Tumbledown wrote a tango called "The Carlos Daniel Vazquez's Thermopylae", which is sung by Carlos Longoni. Once the battle was over, Pipe Major Riddell produced his pipes on the summit and played the tune for which he is famous, "The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain". In place of fighting a cross was set up in tribute to the soldiers who gave their lives in that place. Two British artists have depicted combat into two paintings, one of Mark Churms and the other Terence Cuneo. In the UK an association of Families and Veterans Combat Mount Tumbledown was created. An ode was written