Move forward to 1650 and again an English army led by Oliver Cromwell invades Scotland, defeats the Scottish army at Dunbar and forces Scotland into the republican Commonwealth.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23451673.letters-uk-get-auditors-look-scottish-government-books/?ref=rss

Oliver Cromwell saved the Irish wolfhound by refusing to allow the export of any more from Ireland after their numbers dwindled.

Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/craic/irish-wolfhounds

The Daily Beast once described Mr Smith as 'the most successful British republican since Oliver Cromwell'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11983141/Anti-monarchist-plan-disrupt-King-Charless-coronation.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Under Puritan ruler Oliver Cromwell, the belief had been that the harder you worked, the closer you were to God.

Source: https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/23966050.langton-wold-gallops-malton-seen-major-turnaround/?ref=rss