Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
(1621-1683)
English politician and founder of the Whig party
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC FRS, 22 July 1621 to 21 January 1683, was an English politician and statesman from Dorset. 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. During the 1679 to 1681 Exclusion Crisis, he headed the movement to bar the Catholic heir, James II from the succession, often seen as the origin of the Whig party. He was also a patron of the political philosopher John Locke, with whom he collaborated with in writing the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina in 1669.
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22 July 1621 Wimborne St Giles, Dorset
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21 January 1683 (aged 61) Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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