Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of (1621–83) English statesman. He entered Parliament in 1640 as a royalist supporter, but changed sides in 1643, eventually becoming a member of
CROMWELL's council of state. In 1660 he was one of the Commissioners of the Convention Parliament who invited Charles II to return, and Charles rewarded him with the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. After
CLARENDON's fall he became one of the
CABAL, but was dismissed in 1673 because of his support for the
TEST ACT and his unwavering opposition to Roman Catholicism. He became leader of the opposition, and used the
POPISH PLOT to try to exclude the Roman Catholic James, Duke of York, from the succession (the Exclusion Crisis), but his political failure led him to flee into exile in 1682.
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'Murder-plot' Earl left [pounds sterling]6m in will.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/16/2006; 581 words
; THE tenth Earl of Shaftesbury, whose wife has...6million in his will. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, who was 66, left...His forebear, the 1st Earl, founded the...The Earl's son, Anthony Nils Christian Ashley-Cooper, inherited...
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Credit card mystery of the playboy peer who vanished.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...vanished. The 10th Earl of Shaftesbury was last seen by...Sussex - where the earl rents a [pounds...of friends. The earl, Eton and Oxfordeducated Anthony Ashley-Cooper - known as Atty...forebear, the 1st Earl, founded...
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Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st earl of 1621-83, English statesman...Made a privy councilor and Baron Ashley (1661), he assisted in the trial...administration. Created earl of Shaftesbury, he became lord chancellor in...
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of (1621–83). Politician. As chancellor of the Exchequer 1661–72, Shaftesbury (then Lord Ashley) was a minor but hard-working and able member of...
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of (1621–83) English political leader. A former...return to England at the Restoration (1660). He was made an earl and lord chancellor (1672). His determination to prevent the...
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Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, 3d earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, 3d earl of 1671-1713, English...Locke , adviser to the 1st earl, his grandfather, was in charge of Shaftesbury's education, which...his title in 1699. Shaftesbury's chief contributions...
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1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683), was one of the most controversial and...
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