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The Monmouth Rebellion
by Major General Barry Lane

Date: Tuesday 10 November 2009

Barry Lane was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry; his last appointment was GOC of the Army in the South West of England. He then spent 5 years as the first Chief Executive of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. Every summer since 1994 he has arranged an annual tour, setting out the background to and events of the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 and its sad climax at the Battle of Sedgemoor. 

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