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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury has received more than 324,226 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury is the 11,275th most popular politician (up from 11,577th in 2019), the 2,448th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,872nd in 2019) and the 377th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 11,275 out of 15,577. Before him are Lee Nak-yeon, Shavarsh Karapetyan, Gabriel Hanotaux, David V of Georgia, Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria, and Powhatan. After him are John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, Victor Schœlcher, Princess Pilar of Bavaria, Miguel Trovoada, and Vadim Krasnoselsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 15. Before him are Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Isaac van Ostade, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Allaert van Everdingen, Bohuslav Balbín, and Shi Lang. After him are Matthew Locke, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Andrew Marvell, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, and Henry Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1683, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 15. Before him are Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Jacob Stainer, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Juraj Križanić, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and John Owen. After him are Izaak Walton, Robert Morison, and Algernon Sidney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 2,448 out of 7,765. Before him are John Machin (1680), Paul Davies (1946), Anabella Drummond (1350), Jon Finch (1942), Nicky Hopkins (1944), and Tony Brise (1952). After him are Margaret Bondfield (1873), Catherine Carey (1523), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Frank Watson Dyson (1868), Simon Phillips (1957), and David Tomlinson (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 377. Before him are Gerry Adams (1948), William Martin (1767), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Blanche of England (1392), Edmund Crouchback (1245), and Ceol of Wessex (600). After him are Margaret Bondfield (1873), Catherine Carey (1523), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Henry of Scotland (1115), Henry Ireton (1611), and Edwin of Northumbria (586).

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