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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
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English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)

Also known as: Achitophel, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Cooper, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1. Earl of Shaftesbury, Энтони Эшли-Купер, 1-й граф Шефтсбери

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Known works

  • A speech lately made by a noble peer of the realm (1681)
  • A letter from a Parliament man to his friend, concerning the proceedings of the House of Commons this last sessions, begun the 13th of October, 1675 (1675)
  • Two seasonable discourses concerning this present Parliament (1675)
  • Two speeches (1675)
  • The case of Anthony, Earl of Shaftsbury (1679)