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   1 day ago · Relief of Taunton. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC, FRS (22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683), was an English statesman and peer. He held senior political office under both the Commonwealth of England and Charles II, serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1661 to 1672 and Lord Chancellor from 1672 to 1673.

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   Why did Lord Ashley become Earl of Shaftesbury?

   • After the political fall in 1672 of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Lord Ashley was created Earl of Shaftesbury and became one of five members of the so-called Cabal Ministry. In 1673, it became widely known that Charles' heir James had secretly converted to Catholicism.

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   Who was Earl of Shaftesbury & Baron Cooper?

   • To accompany the commencement of the war, Charles issued a new round of honours, as part of which Ashley was named Earl of Shaftesbury and Baron Cooper on 23 April 1672. In autumn 1672, Shaftesbury played a key role in setting up the Bahamas Adventurers' Company.

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   Who was Lord Chancellor of England in 1672?

   • On 17 November 1672, the king named Shaftesbury Lord Chancellor of England, with Sir John Duncombe replacing Shaftesbury as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Shaftesbury was the last person without any training in the common law to be appointed to that position (until the appointment of Liz Truss in 2016).

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   What did Charles II do in 1661?

   • Charles II (1630–1685) in his coronation robes, 1661. Cooper was one of twelve members of Parliament who travelled to the Dutch Republic to invite Charles to return to England, and in 1661, Charles created Cooper Lord Ashley.

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