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Cabal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cabal , inner group of advisers to Charles II of England. Their initials form the word (which is, however, of older origin)—Clifford of Chudleigh, Ashley (Lord Shaftesbury), Buckingham (George Villiers), Arlington (Henry Bennet), and Lauderdale (John Maitland). Although they were never a working ministry, one or more of this group dominated court policy from 1667 through 1673. Bibliography: See study by M. Lee (1965). ... Read more
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The Oxford Companion to British History cabal. Word meaning secret clique or conspiracy, given to Charles...XIV, and the suspension of the religious penal laws. The cabal was not a cabinet or unified ministry. The ministers, whose initials formed the word cabal, each had different principles and objectives. Lord Clifford... Read more
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World Encyclopedia Cabal Advisers to Charles II of England, 1667–74. The five members of this...Shaftesbury ) and Lauderdale; the first letters of their names spell ‘cabal’. When it became known that two of them plotted with the king to tolerate Catholicism, the Cabal split up. Read more

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