George Monck, first Duke of Albemarle

Standard Name: Albemarle, George Monck,,, first Duke of

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Textual Features Cassandra Cooke
Other events follow the ending of the inset tale. Dr Scot is involved in a hush-hush mission with General Monck , facilitating the Restoration of Charles II . The story cannot end until the title...

Timeline

11 February 1660
General Monck , having marched on London from Scotland, dissolved the Parliament by military threat and convened a new one.
3 March 1660
Milton published The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, a pamphlet designed to sway public opinion against the restoration either of the monarchy or of rule by any single individual.
8-9 August 1666
In a major English coup of the Second Dutch War, Albemarle and Prince Rupert burned a hundred and fifty Dutch merchant ships off the island of Schelling.