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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.
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.
A cabal is a group of people who are united in some close design, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, a state, or another community, often by intrigue and usually without the knowledge of those who are outside their group.
Foreign nations and their agents also had a vested interest in lobbying either way on the issue, as the leaders of the Cabal ministry (Arlington and Clifford) were allied with Catholic France against the Protestant Dutch in the Third Anglo-Dutch War; after the fall of the Cabal ministry, the pro-Dutch First Danby ministry came to power.
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A cabal is a group of people united in some design. Cabal or the Cabal may also refer to: The Cabal Ministry, a government under King Charles II of England; Cabal (set theory), an American group of mathematicians concentrated in southern California; Cabal (surname) Cabal (political party), a Guatemalan political party
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.
Clarendon ministry (1660–1668) Cabal ministry (1668–1674) First Danby ministry (1674–1679) Privy Council ministry (1679) Ministry of the Chits (1679–1688)