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Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury ()
Shaftesbury fryst vatten known in history by several names: Anthony Ashley Cooper; Lord Ashley, the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord Shaftesbury. Although technically he did not hold the title Shaftesbury until , he will be referred to as such throughout this page.
Shaftesbury was born in London in , and was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He had a bleak and unhappy childhood: his father was severe and his schooldays were gruelling. His upbringing was strictly utilitarian. G.F.A. Best, in his biography of Shaftesbury, said:
Shaftesbury disliked trade unions, but decided as a schoolb
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
English politician and founder of the Whig party ()
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of ShaftesburyPC, FRS (22 July – 21 January ), 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 to and Lord Chancellor from to During the Exclusion Crisis, Shaftesbury headed the movement to dryckesställe 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 with in writing the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina in
During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Shaftesbury initially supported the Royalists, before switching to the Parliamentarians in He served on the English Council of State under the Commonwealth, although he opposed Oliver Cromwell's attempt to rule without Parliament during the