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Oliver Cromwell Dissolving the Long Parliament is a 1782 history painting by the American-born British artist Benjamin West. It depicts the Long Parliament being forcibly dissolved by Oliver Cromwell his soldiers on 20 April 1653 during the Commonwealth of England. Cromwell then assumed the role of Lord Protector until his death in 1658. [1]
"20 April Cromwell's Dissolution of the Rump Parliament". Chambers' Book of Days. (With a shortened version of Cromwell's speech). Cromwell, Oliver (20 April 2003) [20 April 1653]. "Cromwell's Dissolution of the Rump Parliament". Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. (with a fuller version of Cromwell's speech) Ludlow, Edmund (1894).
Cromwell was returned to this Parliament as member for Cambridge, but it lasted for only three weeks and became known as the Short Parliament. Cromwell moved his family from Ely to London in 1640. [24] A second Parliament was called later the same year and became known as the Long Parliament. Cromwell was again returned as member for Cambridge.
D. L. Smith, ‘Oliver Cromwell, the first Protectorate Parliament and religious reform’ in Parliamentary History 19 (2000); T.A. Wilson & F.J. Merli, 'Naylor's case and the dilemma of the Protectorate' in University of Birmingham Historical Journal 10 (1965-6); and C.H. Firth, 'Cromwell and the crown' in English Historical Review 17 & 18 ...
The republican theory also suggests that the Long Parliament would have been successful in these necessary reforms except through the forceful intervention of Oliver Cromwell (and others) in removing the loyalists party, the unlawful execution of King Charles I, later dissolving the Rump Parliament; and finally the forceful dissolution of the ...
Many others were initially sympathetic to their views, including Cromwell and Sir Henry Vane, and the highpoint of their political influence came in April 1653 when Cromwell dismissed the Rump Parliament, an action which led the Fifth Monarchists to hail him as a new Moses. [9] They also supported his declaration of war on the Dutch Republic ...
Cromwell then dissolved the Rump Parliament and declared himself to be the Lord Protector (dictator). Cromwell died (1658) and was succeeded by his son Richard Cromwell, who tried to keep power militarily and absolutely, but he was also incapable of unifying all of the diverse groups (religious and ethnic).
In January 1655, Cromwell dissolved the first Protectorate Parliament, ushering in a period of military Rule of the Major-Generals. The Instruments of Government was replaced in May 1657 by England's second, and last, codified constitution, the Humble Petition and Advice.