WI: A surviving Commonwealth?

So i've been playing around with the idea for a while now, Since i made some posters and artwork for a surviving commonwealth and I like to write a decent TL for it but i need some help. My main POD is that Cromwell gives the position of Lord Protector to someone else then his son. Here are some of my questions I need help with.

  • Who would that person be? It should be someone influential within the Commonwealth or someone in his inner circle.
  • What to do with the Colonies? Will the British follow the same path as they did OTL or focus more on Europe?

Those are my questions of the short term run. An other one of my POD's would be that the French revolution fails/never happens so you'll end up with a hardcore protestant republican Britain at the one side, and a fervently Catholic Monarchist France on the one side. Before i write a TL, I should get the history somewhat right, also a co-writer on this TL would be very useful.

Thanks!
 
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