Rule of the Major-Generals (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Rule of the Major-Generals from August 1655 - January 1657, was a period of direct military government during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. England was divided into 10 regions each governed by a Major-General who answered to the Lord Protector. There were ten regional associations covering England and Wales administered by major-generals. Ireland under Major-General Henry Cromwell, and Scotland under Major-General George Monck were in administrations already agreed upon and were not part of the scheme. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 - 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was one of the commanders of the New Model Army which defeated the royalists in the English Civil War. After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Cromwell dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England, conquered Ireland and Scotland, and ruled as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death from malaria in 1658.