Knights, baronets and peers of the Protectorate
During the Protectorate period of the Commonwealth of England, the Lord Protector reserved the power previously held by the monarch to confer knighthoods, baronetcies and peerages.
Knights
Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
Knights made by Oliver Cromwell.- Henry Cromwell — his son.
- 8 February 1654, Thomas Vyner — Lord Mayor of London.
- 1653 or 1654, William Boteler.
- 1 June 1655, John Coppleston — Sheriff of Devon,.
- 11 June 1655, John Reynolds — commissary general in Ireland, son of Sir James, of Essex, drowned 1657.
- 20 September 1655. Christopher Packe — Lord Mayor of London.
- 17 January 1656, Colonel Thomas Pride — .
- 19 January 1656, John Barkstead — lieutenant of the Tower of London and major general, of Middlesex.
- 3 May 1656 Peter Julius Coyet — ambassador from the King of Sweden.
- August 1656, Richard Combe — of Combe, Co. Herts,.
- 15 September 1656, John Dethick — Lord Mayor of London.
- 15 September 1656, George Fleetwood — of Buckinghamshire,.
- 10 December 1656, William Lockhart — colonel, The Protector's ambassador resident in France.
- 10 December 1656, James Calthorpe — Sheriff of Suffolk .
- 15 December 1656, Robert Titchborne — Lord Mayor of London.
- 15 December 1656, Lislebone Long — Recorder of London.
- 6 January 1657, James Whitelocke — colonel, son and heir of Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke.
- 3 March 1657, Thomas Dickenson — alderman of York.
- 11 June 1657, Richard Stayner — commander of the frigate Speaker.
- 16 July 1657, John Claypole, bart. — married Elizabeth, Oliver Cromwell's second daughter.
- 2 or 7 November 1657, Edward Ward — Sheriff of Norfolk.
- 14 November 1657, Thomas Andrews, Alderman and Mayor of London in 1650.
- 5 December 1657, Thomas Foote, Alderman
- 5 December 1657 Thomas Atkins — Alderman and Mayor of London in 1653.
- 5 December 1657 1657, John Hewson.
- 6 January 1658, James Drax.
- 1 February 1658, Henry Pickering.
- 1 February 1658, Philip Twisleton — brother of the Protectorate baronet John Twisleton
- 2 or 22 March 1658, John Ireton —.
- 9 March 1658, John Lenthall.
- 22 March 1658,Richard Chiverton — Lord Mayor of London.
- 17 July 1658, Henry Jones of Oxfordshire, for distinguished bravery at the Battle of Dunkirk.
Lord Protector Richard Cromwell
- 26 November 1658, Thomas Morgan, after the Battle of the Dunes
- 6 December 1658, Richard Beke.
Henry Cromwell, Lord Deputy of Ireland
- 24 November 1657, Matthew Thomlinson —.
- 2 May 1658, Robert Goodwin —.
- 7 June 1658, Maurice Fenton —.
- 7 June 1658, John King —.
- 21 July 1658, William Burry —.
- 22 July 1658, John Perceval —.
- 26 July 1658, Anthony Morgan —.
- 26 July 1658, Thomas Herbert —.
- 16 November 1658, Hierome Sanky —.
- 16 November 1658, Daniel Abbot —.
- 30 November 1658, Henry Piers —.
- 20 December 1658, William Penn —.
- 24 January 1659, Thomas Stanley —.
- 23 February 1659, Oliver St George —.
Baronets
- 25 June 1657, John Read of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. — Read had a baronet before the Interregnum, so when Cromwell's baronetcies passed into oblivion, he was entitled to use his previous baronetcy.
- 20 July 1657, John Claypole of Northborough — father of Lord Claypole. Claypole's baronetcy passed into oblivion.
- 6 October 1657, Thomas Chamberlayne — Chamberlayne had a baronet before the Interregnum, so when Cromwell's baronetcies passed into oblivion at the Restoration, he was entitled to use his previous baronetcy.
- 5 March 1658, Thomas Beaumont, of Leicestershire — At the Restoration Beaumont's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion, but he was granted a new one by Charles II on 21 February 1661.
- 10 April 1658, Colonel Henry Ingoldsby — At the Restoration Ingoldsby's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion, but he was granted a new one by Charles II on 30 August 1661.
- 10 April 1658, John Twisleton. — At the Restoration Twisleton's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion.
- 10 April 1658, Henry Wright — Son of Cromwell's personal physician, Dr. Laurence Wright. At the Restoration Wright's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion, but he was granted a new one by Charles II on 11 June 1660.
- 28 May 1658, Griffith Williams, of Carnarvonshire. — At the Restoration Williams's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion, but he was granted a new one by Charles II on 17 June 1661.
- 13 August 1658, Attorney General Edmund Prideaux. — Prideaux shortly after receiving the baronetcy the title was inherited by his son Edmund Prideaux and then less than a year later passed into oblivion at the Restoration.
- 13 August 1658, Solicitor General William Ellis. — At the Restoration Ellis's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion, but he received a knighthood from King Charles II on 10 April 1671.
- 28 August 1658, William Wyndham, county Somerset. — At the Restoration Wyndham's Cromwellian baronetcy passed into oblivion, but he received a knighthood from King Charles II and was granted a baronetcy by Charles II on 9 December 1661.
Peers
Peerages conferred by Cromwell were not likely, any more than his Knighthoods and Baronetcies, to be paraded by their possessors after the Restoration.Permanent life members were created for Cromwell's Other House and were addressed as "Lord". However with the exception of Lord Eure none of those who already had peerages granted under the ancient regime took up their seats in the Other House. When Oliver Cromwell died, those in the funeral procession who had noble titles under the ancient regime were so called, those who had sat in Cromwell's Other House were called lord, but those such as "George Monck, General in Scotland", who had not taken up their seats in the Other House, were not referred to as lord.
Aside from the Other House members who were known as lords, two peers are known to have been granted by the Lord Protector and a third may have been:
- Colonel Charles Howard, a scion of the Norfolk and Surrey and Arundel-landed Howards - "Viscount Howard of Morpeth and Baron Gilsland in Cumberland" — "Cromwell's favourite". He was raised to Earl of Carlisle by Charles II
- Edmund Dunch, of Little Wittenham, Berks - Baron Burnell, April 20, 1658 — Cromwell's relative. Charles II granted him no title and he, his son and grandson did not use the title after the Restoration.
- *Bulstrode Whitelocke — possibly a viscount. Cromwell, just before his death wanted to grant him this honour, but no use or record other than this wish is known.