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The Ministry became very unpopular, characterised by arbitrary rule; [3] the public saw them as "untrustworthy, venal and self-seeking, their eyes always on the main chance". [1] Towards the end of the year, Ashley, now the Earl of Shaftesbury, became Lord Chancellor, leaving Treasury matters to Clifford and the Exchequer to Duncombe.
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. He was one of five leading politicians who formed the Cabal ministry between 1668 and 1674 in the reign of Charles II .
The 1661, 1672 and 1678 acts were repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 respectively. [1] Religious tests for officers of the ancient universities were repealed by the Universities Tests Act 1871 for England, the University of Dublin Tests Act 1873 , and the ...
Cabal ministry; Ministry of the Chits; Clarendon ministry; E. List of English chief ministers; F. First Danby ministry; P. Privy Council ministry This page ...
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 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
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.
Maitland was a member of an ancient family of both Berwickshire and East Lothian, the eldest surviving son of John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (d. 1645), (who had been created Viscount of Lauderdale in 1616, and Earl of Lauderdale etc., in 1624), and of Lady Isabel (1594–1638), daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline and great-grandson of Sir Richard Maitland of ...