Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War in 1645?
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces member of the Cabinet) and the Secretary of State for War. The office was replaced in 1904 with the creation of the Army Council and the appointment of Chief of the General Staff. In 1645, after the Outbreak of the English Civil War, Parliament appointed Thomas Fairfax "Captain General and Commander-in-Chief all the armies and forces raised and to be raised within the Commonwealth of England." Thomas Fairfax was the senior most military officer, having no superior, and held great personal control over the army and its officers. Lord Fairfax was styled "Lord General." None of his successors would use
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces Commander-in-Chief of the Forces The Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, later Commander-in-Chief, British Army, or just the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), was the professional head of the English Army from 1660 to 1707 (the English Army, founded in 1645, was succeeded in 1707 by the new British Army, incorporating existing Scottish regiments) and of the British Army from 1707 until 1904. In most instances, Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces were not cabinet members. Instead, the British Army was represented variously in government by the Paymaster of the Forces (Paymaster General), the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Secretary at War (who was not usually a