Charles Worsley, 1622-56, was a Major-General during the English Civil War. For other uses, see English Civil War (disambiguation). ...

Son of a Ralph Worsley of Platt Hall, a prosperous merchant of Manchester, Worsley was descended from the branch of the Worsley family settled at Booth, in Lancashire. His great great grandfather was Sir Geoffrey Worsley of Booth. The Worsleys were an ancient family descended from Sir Elias de Workesley, who settled at what is now Worsley, Lancashire (where the family were seated for over five hundred years). Sir Elias joined Duke Robert III of Normandy (son of King William the Conqueror of England) on the First Crusade and is buried at Rhodes. Branches of the family settled at Appuldercombe, Isle of Wight (now represented, through the female line, by the Earls of Yarborough) and Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire (including Katharine, Duchess of Kent), as well as at Platt Hall. This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Robert Curthoses monument at Gloucester Cathedral Robert III (c. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Combatants Christendom, Catholicism West European Christians, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Seljuks, Arabs and other Muslims The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of liberating the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims and freeing the Eastern Christians from Muslim... This article is about the Greek island of Rhodes. ... For other uses, see Isle of Wight (disambiguation). ... Hovingham Hall is a Palladian-style mansion in the village of Hovingham, North Yorkshire, the home of the Worsley family and the childhood home of the Duchess of Kent. ... Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England. ... Her Royal Highness Princess Edward, Duchess of Kent (Katharine Lucy Mary Windsor, formerly Worsley), styled HRH The Duchess of Kent, is a member of the British Royal Family the wife of HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. The...

Worsley fought for Parliament and was a captain in a Lancashire infantry regiment by 1644. After the First Civil War, Worsley made a substantial fortune by investing in confiscated Royalist estates in Lancashire. He returned to military service for Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Scotland in 1650 when he took command of a newly-raised infantry regiment. Worsley joined Cromwell at Edinburgh shortly after the battle of Dunbar. In August 1651, he was sent to assist Colonel Robert Lilburne in Lancashire during the Worcester campaign. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wars of Religion. ... For other uses, see Oliver Cromwell (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... There were two Battles of Dunbar: Battle of Dunbar (1296), in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Colonel Robert Lilburne (1613–1665), was the older brother of John Lilburne, the well known Leveller, but unlike his brother who severed his relationship with Oliver Cromwell, Robert Lilburne remained in the army. ... This article is about the city of Worcester in England. ...

By the end of 1652, Worsley's regiment was stationed at St James's in London. He commanded the file of musketeers that accompanied Cromwell when he forcibly dissolved the Rump Parliament on 20 April 1653. Worsley took charge of the key to the House of Commons and the mace. He was elected MP for Manchester in the First Protectorate Parliament (1654) and appointed Major-General for Cheshire, Lancashire and Staffordshire during the Rule of the Major-Generals (1655). // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... St. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament immediately following the Long Parliament, after Prides Purge of December 6, 1648 had removed those Members of Parliament hostile to the intentions of the Grandees in the New Model Army to try King Charles I for high treason. ... is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... The Rule of the Major-Generals from August 1655 – January 1657[1], was a period of direct military government during Oliver Cromwells Protectorate. ...

Worsley was extremely zealous in persecuting Royalists, closing alehouses and working to promote a godly reformation in his region. His strenuous efforts exhausted him and brought about his sudden death in June 1656 when he was in London attending a meeting between Cromwell and the Major-Generals. Worsley was buried in Westminster Abbey with full military honours. His burial was not registered — consequently he was one of the few Cromwellians whose remains were left undisturbed at the Restoration. // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ...

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