Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Protector

The Earl of Pembroke (1216).

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1422-1447). Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1483).

The Duke of Somerset (1548).

The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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