Lord Shaftesbury accused this man of murdering Edmund Berry Godfrey in the Popish Plot and persuaded John Scott to testify against him to get him thrown in the Tower of London.
Lord Howard helped secure this son of a tailor a seat in Parliament. This man annually celebrated the successful removal of his billiard ball-shaped kidney stone. His patron was Sir Edward Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich. Lord Shaftesbury accused this man of murdering Edmund Berry Godfrey in the Popish Plot and persuaded John Scott to testify against him to get him thrown in the Tower of London. He helped save the navy office building during the (*)  Great Fire of London. Poor eyesight led him to discontinue his most famous project in 1669. This Chief Secretary of the Admiralty under Charles II used tachygraphy to write a document between ages 27 and 36 that was deciphered and published in the 19th century. For 10 points, name this author of a noted diary.
Lord Howard helped secure this son of a tailor a seat in Parliament.
Samuel  Pepys   (peeps)  