Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, was a prominent 17th-century English statesman and political leader known for his key role in the development of the Whig party and opposition to royal absolutism under Charles II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of England ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
burialPlace Amsterdam ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1621-07-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1683-01-21 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
educatedAt Exeter College, Oxford ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
employer Charles II of England ⓘ
familyName Ashley-Cooper ⓘ
father Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet ⓘ
givenName Anthony ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of Protestant succession ⓘ
key architect of early Whig ideology ⓘ
leading opponent of the Duke of York's succession ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Cabal ministry ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
mother Anne Ashley ⓘ
movement Whiggism ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Ashley ⓘ
Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
notableWork involvement in the Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
opposition to royal absolutism under Charles II ⓘ
role in development of the Whig party ⓘ
participantIn English Civil War ⓘ
Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
Restoration of the English monarchy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wimborne St Giles ⓘ
placeOfDeath Amsterdam ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
Lord High Chancellor of England ⓘ
Lord President of the Council ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence St Giles House ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Lady Frances Cecil ⓘ
Margaret Coventry ⓘ

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