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'''Richard Cromwell''' was [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s son and the [[Lord Protector]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] for only a few months after his death. | '''Richard Cromwell''' was [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s son and the [[Lord Protector]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] for only a few months after his death. | ||
In [[1648]], he was in his twenties and was long-haired and thin, with pale and waxy complexion. | |||
He found a history [[book]] the [[First Doctor]] lost, which revealed that he would be a failure. He tried to show the book to his father, who refused to see it. Devastated, he returned the book to the Doctor. He was then [[hypnotised]] to forget what he had read. He died in [[1712]]. | |||
His rule was not very popular and earned him the nickname of '''Tumbledown Dick'''. | His rule was not very popular and earned him the nickname of '''Tumbledown Dick'''. | ||
([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 23:53, 15 June 2016
Richard Cromwell was Oliver Cromwell's son and the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland for only a few months after his death.
In 1648, he was in his twenties and was long-haired and thin, with pale and waxy complexion.
He found a history book the First Doctor lost, which revealed that he would be a failure. He tried to show the book to his father, who refused to see it. Devastated, he returned the book to the Doctor. He was then hypnotised to forget what he had read. He died in 1712.
His rule was not very popular and earned him the nickname of Tumbledown Dick. (PROSE: The Roundheads)
