History and chronology of Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st in England

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st History of England


1621	Birth
Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
1640	Member of Parliament
London Appointed Member of the Short Parliament
1640	Privy Council
London Appointed Privy Councillor
1644	Defection
Joins the Parliamentarians
1645	Siege of Corfe Castle
12th Corfe Castle Ordered to besiege Corfe Castle, the only Royalist stronghold between Exeter & London
1653	Council State
Appointed Member of the Council of State
1653	Privy Council
London Appointed Member of the Barebones Parliament
1660	Lord Chancellor
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1660	Privy Council
London Appointed Privy Councilor
1660	Restoration
London 1 of 12 commissioners sent by the House of Commons to invite Charles II to return
1661	Cabinet
London Appointed Member of the Cabinet Council
1661	Lord Chancellor
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1661	Peerage
Created Baron Ashley
1671	Birth
Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
1672	Lord Chancellor
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1672	Peerage
Shafstbury Created Earl of Shaftsbury
1673	Dismissal
London Supports the anti-Catholic test act & is dismissed by Charles II
1673	Legislation
London Supports the anti-Catholic test act & is dismissed by Charles II
1673	Reform
London Secures the passing of the Habeas Corpus Act
1673	Succession
London Goes into opposition to organize the Whig Party & oppose James I
1674	Party Leader
London Appointed Party Leader of the Whig or "Country" Party
London Appointed Party Leader of the Whig Party
1674	Whig Party
London Helps found the Court Party establishing the beginning of government opposition
1677	Arrest
Arrested for opposing the prorogation of Parliament
1678	Plot
Takes advantage of the fictitious Popish plot to create anti-catholic hysteria
1678	Whig Party
London Leads the Exclusionists to exclude Catholics from the throne & founds the Whig Party
1679	Legislation
London Supports the exclusion bill to keep the Catholic James II from the throne
1679	President
Appointed President of the Privy Council
1679	Rebellion
Attempts to exclude James from succession in favour the Duke of Monmouth
1679	Reform
London Passes the Habeas Corpus Act known as the "Shaftsbury's Act"
London Simplifies the issue of writs, more than the King's Court can issue them
1679	Succession
London Supports the exclusion bill to keep the Catholic James II from the throne
1680	Trial
London Attempts to have the Duke of York tried as a Catholic
London Campaigns for the exclusionist lobby to exclude the future James III from the throne
1681	Trial
Acquited of all charges
Tried for treason under the 1661 Act forbidding restriction of the King's liberty
1682	Exile of Ashley Cooper
An indictment for treason fails & takes exile in Holland
1683	Death
Death of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
1695	Election
Elected Member of Parliament
1699	Peerage
Created Earl of Shaftesbury, 3rd
1713	Death
Death of Anthony Ashley-Cooper