reception of monk in the city of london George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an Englis
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II. During the confusion which followed Cromwell's death on 3 September 1658, Monck remained silent and watchful at Edinburgh, careful only to secure his hold on his troops. At first he contemplated armed support of Richard Cromwell, but on realising the young man's incapacity for government, he gave up this idea and renewed his waiting policy. In July 1659 direct and tempting proposals were again made to him by the king. Monck's brother Nicholas, a clergyman, brought to him the substance of Charles's letter. He bade his brother go back to his books, and refused to entertain any proposal. No bribe could induce him to act one moment before the right time. That right time came when Gen. John Lambert declared against the Rump Parliament. On 23 October 1659, Monck at once took measures of active opposition against this move. Holding Lambert in play without fighting until Lambert's army began to melt away for want of pay, Monck received the commission of commander-in-chief of the parliamentary forces on 24 November 1659. He entered the capital on 3 February 1660. In all this his ultimate purpose remained mysterious. At one moment he secretly encouraged the demands of the Royalist City of London, at another he urged submission to the existing parliament, then again he refused to swear an oath abjuring the house of Stuart, and further he hinted to the Rump of the Long Parliament the urgent necessity of a dissolution. He forced the dissolution of the Rump Parliament, while at the same time breaking up, as a matter affecting discipline, the political camarillas that had formed in his own regiments. He was now master of the situation. Though he protested his adherence to republican principles, it was a matter of common knowledge that the new parliament would have a strong Royalist colour. Monck himself,
Size: 4940px × 3855px
Photo credit: © 19th era / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -fashioned, 1658, 1800, 19th, 1st, 2d, 3, academic, age, albemarle, ancient, antique, antiquity, black, book, bw, bygone, careful, century, charles, city, classical, confusion, copy, cromwell, cut, cutout, death, drawing, duke, duplicate, edinburgh, embossed, empire, english, engrave, engraved, engraver, engraving, etching, expression, figure, formal, front, frontispiece, george, graphic, hand, heritage, historic, history, ii., illustration, image, imperial, key, kg, late, lifelike, london, majesty, margin, master, mon, monck, monk, monotone, national, nineteenth, notable, obscure, obsolete, olden, original, paper, period, pictorial, picture, politician, portrait, pre, press, print, printed, printing, prior, proof, publication, publicity, queen, rare, real, realism, realistic, reception, reference, relief, remained, replica, represent, representation, repro, reproduce, reproduction, restoration, retro, review, romantic, september, silent, social, soldier, standard, steel, studio, style, subject, teach, time, title, tool, topic, topical, tract, true, unusual, victoria, victorian, visual, watchful, white
