Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

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English politician human peer of England statesman

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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Label	Occurrences
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury	7
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury canonical	6
the Earl of Shaftesbury	1

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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 ⓘ Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt	Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 monarchy ⓘ surface form: Restoration of the English monarchy
placeOfBirth	Wimborne St Giles ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Amsterdam ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ