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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 father's death. | ||
In [[1648]], he was in his twenties and was long-haired and thin, with pale and waxy complexion. | In [[1648]], he was in his twenties and was long-haired and thin, with a pale and waxy complexion. | ||
He found a history [[book]] the [[ | He found a history [[book]] the [[Second 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". | ||
