 arthur annesley, 1st earl of anglesey pc (10 july 1614 &ndash; 6 april 1686) 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 valentia in 1660, and he was created earl of anglesey in 1661. ==early life== annesley was born in dublin, ireland to francis annesley, 1st viscount valentia and dorothy, daughter of sir john philipps, bt, of picton castle. he was educated at magdalen college, oxford, from which he graduated in 1634 as a bachelor of arts; that year, he was admitted into lincoln's inn. having made the grand tour he returned to ireland; and being employed by parliament on a mission to the duke of ormonde, now reduced to the last extremities, he succeeded in concluding a treaty with him on 19 june 1647, thus securing the country from complete subjection to the rebels. in april 1647 he was returned for radnorshire to the house of commons. he supported the parliamentarians against the republican or army party, and appears to have been one of the members excluded in 1648. he sat in richard cromwell's parliament for member of parliament for dublin city, and endeavoured to take his seat in the restored rump parliament of 1659. he was made president of the council of state in february 1660, and in the convention parliament sat for carmarthen. the anarchy of the last months of [[th
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