| General |
Anglo War
Civil War
England War
Government Commonwealth
House Plantagenet
Military
Rebellion
Spanish Succession War
Wars the Roses
| | Biographies |
Beaufort, Henry
Beaufort, John
Blake, Robert
Cannon, Alexander
Cavendish, William
Charles II
Churchill, John
Clinton, Edward
Cromwell, Oliver
Desborough, John
Edward II
Fairfax, Thomas
Fleetwood, Charles
Goring, Thomas
Howard, Charles
Huddleston, Richard
Lambert, John
Lancaster
Lancaster, James
MacDonnell
Massey, John
Monck, George
Pennington, John
Skippon
Tyrell, James
Wade, Nathaniel
Walter
Wentworth, Thomas
Willoughby
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Beaumaris
Boulogne
London
Tyne
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History of England
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| | 1215 | Walter | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1301 | Edward II | |
| Appointed Commander of the English Army, has control of half of the invasion force |
| 1378 | Lancaster | |
| Appointed Commander of the Scottish border forces |
| 1460 | Beaufort, John | |
| July Appointed Commander of the Lancastrian Army by Queen Elizabeth |
| 1471 | Beaufort, Henry | |
| Appointed highest ranking noble in Lancastrian army |
| 1484 | Huddleston, Richard | |
| Beaumaris Appointed Commander of Beaumaris Castle |
| 1485 | Tyrell, James | |
| Appointed Commander in sth Wales by Richard III |
| 1547 | Clinton, Edward | |
| Appointed Commander of the English Fleet |
| Boulogne Appointed Governor of Boulogne |
| 1588 | Howard, Charles | |
| Named Commander-in-Chief of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada although he does not directly take charge of the fighting |
| 1600 | Lancaster, James | |
| Appointed Commander of the Esat India Fleet |
| 1641 | MacDonnell | |
| May Appointed Commander of the "New Army" by Charles I |
| 1642 | Fairfax, Thomas | |
| Appointed Commander of the Cavalry in Yorkshire |
| 1642 | Pennington, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the Fleet by Charles I |
| 1642 | Skippon | |
| 10th Jan London Appointed Commander of the London Trained Bands |
| 10th Jan London Appointed Commander of the London Trained Bands by Parliament |
| 1642 | Wentworth, Thomas | |
| Appointed Commander of the Royalist Cavalry |
| 1642 | Willoughby | |
| London Appointed Parliamentary Commander in the Field |
| 1643 | Cavendish, William | |
| Tyne Appointed Commander of the Royalist forces North of the Tyne |
| 1645 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 10th June London The Commons approves Cromwell's appointment as 2nd in Command of the New Model Army |
| 1645 | Goring, Thomas | |
| 11th Mar Goring gets a commission as commander-in-chief of all western forces and so can only receive orders directly from the King |
| 1647 | Lambert, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the Army of the North for Parliament |
| 1649 | Blake, Robert | |
| Appointed Commander of the Fleet |
| 1649 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1650 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 1651 | Charles II | |
| 1st Jan London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Scottish Army |
| 1651 | Massey, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the English forces for the Royalists |
| 1652 | Fleetwood, Charles | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland |
| 1655 | Desborough, John | |
| Appointed Commander of the Western Counties |
| 1659 | Monck, George | |
| Appointed Commander in Chief of the Army |
| 1685 | Wade, Nathaniel | |
| London Appointedmander of the Duke of Monmouth's Red forces |
| 1689 | Cannon, Alexander | |
| Takes over Jacobite leadership after the death of Viscount Dundee |
| 1700 | Churchill, John | |
| Sep Appointed Commander of the Home Army in England & the Netherlands |
| 1701 | Churchill, John | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies in England & Holland |
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