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The Cabal ministry or the CABAL / k ə ˈ b æ l / / k ə ˈ b ɑː l / refers to a group of high councillors of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to c. 1674.. The term Cabal has a double meaning in this context.
One of the immediate reasons that the "Country Party" (proto-Whigs) in Parliament pushed for this was to break up the Cabal ministry — members of the Court Party of powerful statement under Charles II, who had divergent religious interests — the Catholic Lord Clifford could not accept this oath which ran contrary to his beliefs, so resigned ...
Cabal ministry; Ministry of the Chits; Clarendon ministry; E. List of English chief ministers; F. First Danby ministry; P. Privy Council ministry This page ...
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 – 17 October 1673) was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1672 when he was created Baron Clifford.
Clarendon ministry (1660–1668) Cabal ministry (1668–1674) First Danby ministry (1674–1679) Privy Council ministry (1679) Ministry of the Chits (1679–1688)
After the political fall in 1672 of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Lord Ashley was created Earl of Shaftesbury and became one of five members of the so-called Cabal Ministry. In 1673, it became widely known that Charles' heir James had secretly converted to Catholicism.
(See Cabal ministry for details.) — Cabal: 1st Earl of Danby (1632–1712) 1674 March 1679 Lord High Treasurer: Tory — Danby I: Temple: The Privy Council chaired by Sir William Temple (1628–1699) April 1679 November 1679 (See Privy Council ministry for details.) — Privy Council: Rochester Godolphin Sunderland: 1st Earl of Rochester ...
The title was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire.The second Earl was created Duke of Lauderdale and by popular naming represented the "L" in the Cabal ministry, an acronym which amounted to the first major, perennial delegation of power from the monarch to a cabinet.