Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (born 1614)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

Anglo-Irish royalist statesman (1614–1686)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, PC was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 for Charles II. He succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount…