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Third Earl of Shaftesbury  

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  • The third earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, was the leading opponent of Stuart absolutism, chief organizer of the Whig political movement, and John Locke's patron and collaborator. The third earl was the grandson of the first earl, who held the position of Lord Chancellor under Charles II until having fallen from favor when he was implicated in Monmouth's Rebellion. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Shaftesbury, Third Earl of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T0GNLTBM-9

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