Cabal ministry

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The Cabal ministry was a group of senior ministers who collectively dominated the government of King Charles II of England in the late 1660s and early 1670s.

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Cabal ministry canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English government ministry
informal political faction
appliesToJurisdiction England
country Kingdom of England
describedBySource contemporary political pamphlets
later Whig historiography
dissolvedBecauseOf internal divisions
loss of parliamentary support
endTime 1674
facetOf Restoration government of England
fieldOfWork executive government
genre ministerial government
governmentHead Charles II of England
hasCharacteristic collective leadership
court faction
pro-French foreign policy
religious toleration policy
hasEffect increased suspicion of Catholic influence
strengthening of parliamentary opposition
hasMember Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
headOfState Charles II of England
languageOfWorkOrName English
location London
linked to: London, England
namedAfter initial letters of Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, Lauderdale
opposedBy Anglican establishment
Cavalier Parliament
partOf Restoration period
Stuart monarchy political system
reignOf Charles II of England
replaced Clarendon ministry
replacedBy Danby ministry
significantEvent Declaration of Indulgence (1672)
Stop of the Exchequer
Test Act 1673
Third Anglo-Dutch War
Treaty of Dover
startTime 1668
timePeriod early 1670s
late 1660s
workLocation Whitehall Palace
linked to: Palace of Whitehall

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Sir Thomas Clifford memberOf Cabal ministry
Cavalier Parliament governsWith Cabal ministry
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh memberOf Cabal ministry
subject linked to: Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Henry Bennet memberOf Cabal ministry
Baron Arlington associatedWith Cabal ministry
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington memberOf Cabal ministry
subject linked to: Baron Arlington
John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale memberOf Cabal ministry
subject linked to: Earl of Lauderdale