Committee of Safety (English Parliament)

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The Committee of Safety (English Parliament) was a parliamentary body established during the early stages of the English Civil War to oversee military and governmental affairs on behalf of Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body
parliamentary committee
appliesToJurisdiction England
conflict English Civil War
country Kingdom of England
follows Personal Rule (1629–1640)
surface form: Personal rule of Charles I
hasMember Denzil Holles
John Glynne
John Hampden
John Pym
Nathaniel Fiennes
Oliver St John
Arthur Hesilrige
surface form: Sir Arthur Hesilrige

Sir Gilbert Gerard
Henry Vane the Younger
surface form: Sir Henry Vane the Younger

Sir Hugh Cholmondeley
Sir John Clotworthy
Sir John Corbet
Sir John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Sir John Hotham
Sir John Hotham
surface form: Sir John Hotham the younger

Sir John Merrick
Sir John Palgrave
Sir John Potts
Sir John Wray
Sir John Wray
surface form: Sir John Wray the younger

Sir Philip Stapleton
Sir Thomas Barrington
Sir Thomas Cheke
Sir Thomas Hoo
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham
surface form: Sir Thomas Pelham

Sir Thomas Soame
Sir William Alford
Sir William Armyne
Sir William Brereton
Sir William Constable
Sir William Fairfax
Sir William Lister
Sir William Savile
Sir William Strickland
Sir William Waller
William Pierrepont
hasRole executive authority on behalf of Parliament
oversight of governmental affairs
oversight of military affairs
legislativeBody Parliament of England
opposedBy Royalist forces
parentOrganization Parliament of England
partOf Long Parliament 1640
surface form: Long Parliament
supportedBy Parliamentarian faction

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Committee of Both Kingdoms precededBy Committee of Safety (English Parliament)
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland followedBy Committee of Safety (English Parliament)
this entity surface form: Committee of Safety (1659)