ANNESLEY, Hon. Arthur (1614-86), of Drury Lane, Westminster, and Bletchingdon, Oxon.

Commr. for Irish affairs 1645, 1647, obstructions 1648 – 49; pres. Council of State 25 Feb. – 31 May 1660; PC 31 May 1660 – d.; v.-treas. [I] Aug. 1660–7; commr. for trade Nov. 1660–72, plantations Dec. 1660–70; treas. of the navy 1667 – 68; ld. privy seal 1673 – 82; commr. for Tangier 1673–80.

Commr. for assessment, Carm. and Pemb. 1647 – 48, Mdx., Carm. and Rad. Jan. 1660–1, militia, Carm., Pemb. and Rad. 1648, Hants, Carm. and Rad. Mar. 1660; bencher, L. Inn 1659; j.p. Rad. Mar. 1660–82, Oxon. 1670 – 82; commr. for oyer and terminer, Wales 1661; dep. lt. Carm., Pemb. and Rad. 1661 – ?74; bailiff, Bedford level 1665 – 66, 1669 – d., conservator 1667 – 69; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1668 – 70; steward of crown manors, Rad. ?1675 – 82; freeman, Oxford 1681.Bodl. Clarendon 72, f. 169; S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 457–64; Trans. Rad. Assoc. xli. 75; Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. ii. 142.

FRS 1668.