Cooper, Anthony Ashley ___ 1621-1683 ___ British ___ politician

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Cooper, born in the county of Dorset, suffered the death of both his parents at a young age and was educated by Puritan tutors, and then at Exeter College, Oxford. he married Margaret, the daughter of Lord Coventry, when only 18, but she died young. Cooper was admitted into Lincoln's Inn, and subsequently was elected to the Short Parliament for the borough of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, where his family owned land. When he was elected to the Long Parliament for Poole in his native Dorset, his appointment was blocked by Denzil Holles. At the start of the Civil War, Cooper supported the King but then changed sides, and eventually joined Cromwell's Council of State. He married for a second time in 1650, to Lady Francis Cecil. Falling out with Cromwell, he left the Council of State in 1655, and later returned to the royalist cause, supporting the Restoration of Charles II. Thereafter, he served on the commission that tried the Regicides, was created Baron Ashley and appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1663, he was one of eight Lords Proprietors given title to a huge tract of land in North America, which eventually became the Province of Carolina. After the fall of Lord Clarendon in 1667, Cooper became a prominent member of the Cabal, and then, in 1672, was appointed Lord Chancellor. He was created Earl of Shaftesbury and Baron Cooper of Pawlett, and took on a further appointment as First Lord of Trade. Because of his opposition to the succession of the Duke of York, Shaftesbury fell from favour, and became a leader of the radical Whigs. He was charged with high treason, but then, when the charges were dismissed, he fled to the Netherlands, fearing he might be charged again, and died there.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - I got his reprieve

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1646-1650 ___ political family health

WEB TEXT LINKS
etext
a bit about

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
British Library, Manuscript Collections - possibly

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
A life of Anthony Ashley Cooper, first Earl of Shaftesbury, 1621-1683

December 2005, August 2008, March 2013
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