his own, disposing of all monies for his pleasure, and the delicacies of a
riotous table." The authority given is that of "a person of the French
interest," whom we may perhaps identify as Jermyn (_Bodleian MSS_.).]
But as they knew one another better they learned mutual toleration at
least, if not respect. Others were still more distasteful to Hyde. Sir
Anthony Ashley Cooper, [Footnote: Afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury.]
destined to play a leading part at a later day, as leader of dangerous
factions both for and against the Crown, and to figure in Dryden's Satire
as Achitophel, was scarcely likely, with his spirit of restless intrigue
and of daring cynicism, to prove a congenial colleague, even had he not
been prominent as a member of the clique which lost no opportunity for
undermining the influence of the older statesmen. He was now made
Chancellor of the Exchequer, with some hope that "his slippery humour
might be held in check by Southampton, whose niece he had lately married."

In the Comptroller, Lord Berkeley, [Footnote: John Berkley or Berkeley,
belonged to the house of the Berkeleys of Bruton, and was employed as
ambassador in Sweden, in 1636, after which embassy he was knighted. He
fought in the Royalist army, and at the close of the war, attempted to
carry out some unsuccessful negotiations between the army and the King. He
accompanied Charles in the escape from Hampton Court, and must share with
Ashburnham the folly or treachery which betrayed the King into the hands
of Hammond, and made him a prisoner at Carisbrooke. Afterwards he went
abroad, and managed to gain the post of Governor to the Duke of York, by
whose influence he was created Lord Berkeley of Stratton, in 1658. After
the Restoration, he contrived to secure lucrative posts. His mansion was
on the site now marked by Berkeley Square. The names of the streets in
that neighbourhood sufficiently indicate the localities inhabited by the
aristocracy of the Restoration.