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George Monck. de Sir Peter Lely, pintada entre 1665 y 1666. Primera y Segunda Guerra anglo-neerlandesa. Orden de la Jarretera. George Monck (* 6 de diciembre de 1608-† 3 de enero de 1670) fue un militar y político inglés que sirvió a Carlos I, pero que con la llegada de la república decidió trabajar para Oliver Cromwell hasta que este ...
George Monck. George Monck, pierwszy diuk Albemarle (ur. 6 grudnia 1608 w Potheridge, Devon, zm. 3 stycznia 1670 w Londynie) – polityk angielski . Następca Richarda Cromwella jako przywódca Republiki Angielskiej ( Commonwealth of England) w 1658. Wydatnie przyczynił się do restauracji dynastii Stuartów i wstąpienia na tron Karola II w 1660.
Monck, George (1608–70), 1st duke of Albemarle , army officer, was born 6 December 1608 at his family home of Great Potheridge, Devon, the fourth child of Sir Thomas Monck, landowner, and Elizabeth Smyth of Old Matford, Exeter. By the time he landed at Dublin in January 1642 as a colonel in the forces raised to quell the Irish rebellion, he ...
Biography. The career of ‘honest George Monck’ requires only a brief summary. His family had been established in Devon since the 12th century, but his father was the first to enter Parliament and then only in the hope of escaping from a debtors’ prison. With a younger son’s portion of £20 p.a. Monck became a professional soldier.
George Monck, the son of a baron, was born in Devon 1608. Monck became a professional soldier and on the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the forces supporting Charles I. Monck was captured at the Battle of Nantwich in 1644. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two years and in 1647 agreed to become a commander in the Parliamentary army.
George Monck was one of the architects of the Restoration of the monarchy, along with Pepys' patron Edward Montagu. He was an accomplished military commander and served as Joint-Commander-in-Chief with Prince Rupert, in the campaign of 1666 against the Dutch. Pepys disliked Monck and criticised his judgement calling him a 'heavy dull man'.
George Monck, primo duca di Albemarle, conte di Torrington e barone di Potheridge (Great Potheridge House, 6 dicembre 1608 – Londra, 3 gennaio 1670), è stato un ammiraglio inglese ma anche uomo politico, figura chiave del periodo di restaurazione del potere monarchico dopo il periodo repubblicano sotto i Protettorati di Oliver e Richard Cromwell.
