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Henry Bennet Arlington Earl or, English statesman, son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Middlesex, and of Dorothy Crofts, was baptized at Little Saxham, Suffolk, in 1618.
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Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
Education
He was educated at Westminster school and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
In 1643 he was secretary to Lord Digby at Oxford, and was employed as a messenger between the queen and Ormonde in Ireland.
Subsequently he took up arms for the king, and received a wound in the skirmish at Andover in 1644, the scar of which remained on his face through life.
And after the defeat of the royal cause he travelled m France and Italy, joined the exiled royal- family in 1650, and in 1654 became official secretary to James on Charles's recommendation, who had already been attracted by his "pleasant and agreeable humour. "
In March 1657 he was knighted, and the same year was sent as Charles's agent to Madrid, where he remained, endeavouring to obtain assistance for the royal cause, till after the Restoration.
On his return to England in 1661 he was made keeper of the privy purse.
Allying himself with Lady Castlemaine, he encouraged Charles's increasing dis]ike to Clarendon; and he was made secretary of state in October 1662 in spite of the opposition of Clarendon, who had to find him a seat in parliament.
He served subsequently on the committees for explaining the Irish Act of Settlement and for Tangiers.
In 1665 he advised Charles to grant liberty of conscience, but this was merely a concession to gain money during the war; and he showed great activity later in oppressing the nonconformists.
He supported several other pernicious measures -the scheme for rendering the king's power absolute by force of arms; the " stop of the exchequer, " involving a repudiation of the state debt in 1672; and the declaration of indulgence the same year, " that we might keep all quiet at home whilst we are busy abroad. "
On the 22nd of April 1672 he was created an earl, and on the 15th of June obtained the Garter; the same month he proceeded with Buckingham on a mission, first to William at the Hague, and afterwards to Louis at Utrecht, endeavouring to force upon the Dutch terms of peace which were indignantly refused.
But Arlington's support of the court policy was entirely subordinate to personal interests; and after the appointment of Clifford in November 1672 to the treasurership, his jealousy and mortification, together with his alarm at the violent opposition aroused in parliament, caused him to veer over to the other side.
He advised Charles in March 1673 to submit the legality of the declaration of indulgence to the House of Lords, and supported the Test Act of the same year, which compelled Clifford to resign.
On the 15th of January 1674 he was impeached by the Commons, the specific charges being "popery, " corruption and the betrayal of his trust-Buckingham in his own defence having accused him the day before of being the chief instigator of the French and anti-Protestant policy, of the scheme of governing by Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, by Sir John Dalrymple (1790).
In 1675 he made another attempt to gain favour with the parliament by supporting measures against France and against the Roman Catholics, and by joining in the pressure put upon Charles to remove James from the court.
In this he entirely failed, and he returned home completely discredited.
He had again been disappointed of the treasurership when Danby succeeded Clifford; Charles having declared " that he had too much kindness for him to let him have it, for he was not fit for the office. "
His intrigues with discontented persons in parliament to stir up an opposition to his successful rival came to nothing.
From this time, though lingering on at court, he possessed no influence, and was treated with scanty respect. "
He was appointed a commissioner of the treasury in March 1679, was included in Sir William Temple's new modelled council the same year, and was a member of the inner cabinet which was almost immediately formed.
Of the same egotistical character was his religion, towards which his attitude was similar to that of Charles II himself.
He was credited with having inclined the king towards Romanism.
Before the Restoration he had attended mass with the king abroad, and in opposition to Lord Bristol had urged Charles to declare publicly his conversion in order to obtain the long-expected succour from the foreign powers.
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Lettres Du Comte D'arlington Au Chevalier Temple: Contenant Une Relation Exacte Des Traitez De L'evêque De Munster, De Breda, D'aix La Chapelle, & De La Triple Alliance, Volume 1 (French Edition)
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Religion
Because of his egotistical character was his religion, towards which his attitude was similar to that of Charles II himself. He was credited with having inclined the king towards Romanism. Before the Restoration he had attended Catholic mass with the king abroad, and in a petition to George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol had urged Charles to declare publicly his conversion in order to obtain the long-expected succour from foreign powers. But his religion sat lightly upon him as it did upon his master, and it was often convenient to disguise it. Like the king he continued to profess and practise Protestantism, he spent large sums in restoring the church at Euston. Unlike Clifford, he took the Test in 1673 and remained in office, successfully concealing his faith until he "declared himself an adherent of Roman Catholicism" on his deathbed.
Politics
He served on the committees for explaining the Irish Act of Settlement 1662 and for Tangier. In 1665 he obtained a peerage as Baron Arlington, (properly Harlington, in Middlesex) and in 1667 was appointed one of the postmasters-general. The control of foreign affairs was entrusted to him, and he was chiefly responsible for the attack on the Smyrna fleet and for the Second Anglo-Dutch War, during which he married the beautiful (and, ironically, Dutch) Elisabeth van Nassau-Beverweert (28 December 1633 – 18 January 1718) in March 1665. Elisabeth was the daughter of Louis of Nassau, Lord of De Lek and Beverweerd, the natural son of stadtholder Maurice of Orange, by his wife Isabella de Hornes. They had one daughter, Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton (c. 1668-1723). Lady Arlington's sister Emilia, another noted beauty, married Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory.
In 1665 he advised Charles to grant liberty of conscience, but this was merely a concession to gain money during the war; and he showed great activity later in oppressing the nonconformists.
Personality
Arlington was a typical statesman of the Restoration, possessed outwardly an attractive personality, and according to (Sir William) Temple "the greatest skill of court and the best turns of art of particular conversation, " but thoroughly unscrupulous and self-seeking, without a spark of patriotism, faithless even to a good cause, and regarding public office solely as a means of procuring pleasure and profit. His knowledge of foreign affairs and of foreign languages, gained during his residence abroad, was considerable, but long absence from England had also taught him a cosmopolitan indifference to constitutions and religions, and a careless disregard for English public opinion and the prudential interests of the country. According to Clarendon, "He knew no more of the constitution and laws of England than he did of China, nor had he in truth a care or tenderness for church and state, but believed France was the best pattern in the world. " He was one of the chief promoters of the attempt to reintroduce into England arbitrary government after the French model, not because he imagined an absolute monarchy essential to the well-being and security of the state, but because under such an administration the favourites of a king enjoyed far greater privileges and profits than under a constitutional government. Like Charles II he was famed for his perfect good manners; Clarendon wrote sourly that this often created an illusion of friendship, of which in truth he was incapable. On the other hand, in a Court famous for sexual licence, he had the reputation of being a good and faithful husband.
Connections
He married Isabella of Beerwaert, daughter of Louis of Nassau, by whom he had one daughter, Isabella, who married Henry, duke of Grafton, the natural son of Charles II and Lady Castlemaine.
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