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From kabbala. group of politicians, the
English king Charles II's counsellors
1667-73, whose initials made up the word by
coincidence - Clifford (Thomas Clifford
1630-1673), Ashley (Anthony Ashley Cooper,
1st Earl of Shaftesbury), Buckingham (George
Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham), Arlington
(Henry Bennett, 1st Earl of Arlington
1618-1685), and Lauderdale (John Maitland,
Duke of Lauderdale).