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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

1621 - 1683

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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. During the Exclusion Crisis, Shaftesbury headed the movement to bar the Catholic heir, James II, from the royal succession, which is often seen as the origin of the Whig party. He was also a patron of the political philosopher John Locke, with whom Shaftesbury collaborated in writing the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina in 1669. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury is the 12,373rd most popular politician (up from 13,094th in 2019), the 2,873rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,936th in 2019) and the 415th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 12,373 out of 19,576. Before him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Karl Staaff, Tengiz Sigua, Caecilia Paulina, and Bobby Jindal. After him are Haruo Remeliik, Shavarsh Karapetyan, Joseph Brant, Ángel María Villar, Iufni, and Edmund Muskie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 14. Before him are Allaert van Everdingen, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Isaac van Ostade, and Shi Lang. After him are Jan Baptist Weenix, Matthew Locke, Andrew Marvell, Bohuslav Balbín, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. Among people deceased in 1683, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 14. Before him are Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Jacob Stainer, Juraj Križanić, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and John Owen. After him are Algernon Sidney, Robert Morison, and Izaak Walton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 2,874 out of 8,785. Before him are Joely Richardson (1965), Jane Digby (1807), Paul Young (1956), Auguste Couder (1789), John Alcock (1892), and Nevil Shute (1899). After him are Mick Ronson (1946), Pat Jennings (1945), Alma Reville (1899), Mark Jones (1933), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), and John Neville (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 415. Before him are Bobby Sands (1954), Ruth Belville (1854), John McDonnell (1951), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831). After him are John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Henry of Scotland (1115), Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Margaret of England (1240), and Henry Ireton (1611).

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