Commissioners for loyal and indigent officers
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Commissioners for loyal and indigent officers
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The Commissioners for loyal and indigent officers were a body formed by a 1662 Act of the Parliament of England to provide relief to impoverished Royalist officers who had served in the English Civil War. After the English Restoration in 1660, the relief of those who had served Charles II and his father presented an important political issue. The act establishing the commission provided for the distribution of £60,000 among "loyal and indigent" officers certified by the commissioners. The funds
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Restoration-era English appointed offices
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2023-11-14T21:57:17Z
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