Charles II

[LongA]

What was the name given to the advisers of Charles II?

[heatherglen]

Cabal.

[Tatty Rollox]

The initials of the inner group of advisers to Charles 11 form the word cabal � Clifford of Chudleigh, Ashley (Lord Shaftesbury), Buckingham (George Villiers), Arlington (Henry Bennet), and Lauderdale (John Maitland). Although they were never a working ministry,
one or more of this group dominated court policy from 1667 until 1673.

[Tatty Rollox]

........ and here is Charles 11 ...............

[Peter Pedant]

Cabinet govt only started in the early 18th century when or after george i - he who wpoke no English - stopped attending meetings

AND So they had to do something before that and the Cabal - it means a closed or secret society or meeting in 1670s - was one. Didnt last as a system. Modern govt begins in 1688.

I remember my history teacher saying cabaaaaaaaarrrrl and hear her even now

[jno]

the word's related to kabbalah, Madonna's thing, and goes back before Charles II... just coincidence that the ministers' names spelt it out.