Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (* July 10, 1614, † April 6, 1686 ) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. After a brief period as president of the English Council of State, and as Treasurer of the Navy, he served 1673-1682 under Charles II as Lord Privy Seal.

Family and kinship

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

Annesley married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Altham from 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 Spiritual Matters ... 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