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 of the monarchy
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
surface form: Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
headOfState Charles II of England
languageOfWorkOrName English
location London, England
surface form: London
namedAfter initial letters of Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, Lauderdale
opposedBy Anglican authorities
surface form: 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
surface form: Declaration of Indulgence (1672)

Stop of the Exchequer (1672)
surface form: Stop of the Exchequer

Test Act 1673
Third Anglo-Dutch War
Treaty of Dover (1670)
surface form: Treaty of Dover
startTime 1668
timePeriod early 1670s
late 1660s
workLocation Palace of Whitehall
surface form: Whitehall Palace

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