He won a battle in which the losing commander evaded capture by hiding with William Careless in an oak tree at Boscobel House.
In a speech dismissing an assembly, this man indicated a ceremonial mace and commanded "take away that fool's bauble." He won a battle in which the losing commander evaded capture by hiding with William Careless in an oak tree at Boscobel House. This leader convened the Whitehall Conference to debate whether England should readmit the Jews, which he favored. At the Norway Debate in 1940, Leo Amery quoted this victor of the Battle of Worcester (WUH-ster) when he told Neville Chamberlain "in the name of God, go!" This man gained power for life in England's ᥸rst written constitution, the Instrument of Government, and he set up the Barebones Parliament a᥸er dissolving the Rump Parliament. "Old Ironsides" was the nickname of, for 10 points, what ᥸rst Lord Protector of England?
In a speech dismissing an assembly, this man indicated a ceremonial mace and commanded "take away that fool's bauble."
Oliver Cromwell