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For all practical purposes. His leadership qualities at the end of the conflict were such that, although he was not the 'leader' at the start, when a figurehead was required to take the country into a post-monarchy age, he was the natural choice.

He took the title 'Lord Protector', but by the time of his subsequent death, he was king in all but name. As his successor was not of the same calibre, the country returned to a monarchy in 1660 with the restoration of Charles I's son, Charles II.

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