Shaftesbury,First Earl of
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Shaftes·bur·y (shăftsʹbĕr'ē, -bə-rē), First Earl of Title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1621-1683.
English politician. Originally a Royalist, he later opposed Charles II in the English Civil War and is considered the founder of the Whig Party.
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