Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, 1676

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey ( July 10, 1614 - April 6, 1686 ) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman. After a brief stint as President of the English Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy , he served as Lord Seal Keeper under Charles II between 1673 and 1682 .

Family and relatives

He was related to the Puritan pastor Samuel Annesley and thus also to his daughter Susanna Wesley (née Annesley) and John and Charles Wesley , the co-founders of the Methodists .

In 1660 he inherited from his father Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia (1583-1660) whose Irish nobility title Viscount Valentia . In 1661 he was also awarded the English nobility titles Earl of Anglesey and Baron Annesley .

Annesley married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Altham of Oxey. The couple had seven sons and six daughters.

Works

• A True Account of the Whole Proceedings betwixt ... the Duke of Ormond and ... the Earl of Anglesey (1682)
• A Letter of Remarks upon Jovian (1683)
• The King's Right of Indulgence in Matters Spiritual ... asserted (1688)
• Truth Unveiled, to which is added a short Treatise on ... Transubstantiation (1676)
• The Obligation resulting from the Oath of Supremacy (1688)
• England's Confusion (1659).
• Reflections on a Discourse concerning Transubstantiation

literature

• Airy, Osmund (1885). "Annesley, Arthur" . In Leslie Stephen. Dictionary of National Biography. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• Yorke, Philip Chesney (1911). "Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of". In Hugh Chisholm (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition). Cambridge University Press .

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Earl of Anglesey 1661-1686	James Annesley
Francis Annesley	Viscount Valentia 1660-1686	James Annesley