Council of State of the Commonwealth of England

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executive council governmental body

The Council of State of the Commonwealth of England was the executive governing body that ruled England (and later Scotland and Ireland) during the republican Interregnum following the English Civil War, before the rise of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Council of State of the Commonwealth of England canonical 5
Council of State (Commonwealth of England) 3
English Council of State 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive council ⓘ
governmental body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
composedOf councillors of state ⓘ
country English Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of England
countryGoverned England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
createdBy Rump Parliament ⓘ
dissolved 1660 ⓘ
endTime 1660 ⓘ
follows English Civil War ⓘ
execution of Charles I ⓘ
governmentForm republican government ⓘ
governsDuring Commonwealth period ⓘ
early years of the Interregnum ⓘ
hasNotableMember Arthur Hesilrige ⓘ
Henry Vane the Younger ⓘ
John Bradshaw ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Thomas Scot ⓘ
hasRole administration of the Commonwealth ⓘ
executive authority ⓘ
foreign policy direction ⓘ
military oversight ⓘ
headOfGovernment collective leadership ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
legalBasis Act abolishing the office of King (1649) ⓘ
legislation of the Rump Parliament ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
meetsAt Whitehall ⓘ
membersAppointedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
partOf Interregnum ⓘ
surface form: Interregnum in England
precededBy the King-in-Council ⓘ
surface form: King-in-Council of England
relatedTo Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate ⓘ
Rump Parliament ⓘ
replaces Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of England

monarchical executive authority in England ⓘ
significantEvent assumption of executive power after abolition of monarchy ⓘ
governance during conquest and administration of Ireland ⓘ
governance during incorporation of Scotland into the Commonwealth ⓘ
oversight of wars with the Dutch Republic ⓘ
startTime 1649 ⓘ
succeededBy Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of Charles II

Protectoral Council ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oliver Cromwell → precededBy → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Henry Vane the Younger → memberOf → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Rump Parliament → hasPart → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State (Commonwealth of England)
Rump Parliament → appointed → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State (Commonwealth of England)
Lord Protector → precededByOffice → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State (Commonwealth of England)
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland → follows → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Secretary for Foreign Tongues → subordinateTo → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Secretary for Foreign Tongues → usedBy → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Council of State
Act abolishing the Kingly Office → governingBodyAfterEnactment → Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ