Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Shaftesbury
Member of the British Parliament
for Dorchester
In office
30 January 1790 – 11 June 1790
In office
14 April 1791 – 14 May 1811
Personal details
Born21 December 1768
Died2 June 1851(1851-06-02) (aged 82)
SpouseLady Anne Spencer
Children10
Parents

Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (21 December 1768 – 2 June 1851), styled The Honourable Cropley Ashley-Cooper until 1811, was a British politician. He was the father of the social reformer Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

Background

Shaftesbury was a younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, by his second wife Mary, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Shaftesbury was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1790, a seat he held until 1811. The latter year he succeeded his elder brother in the earldom and entered the House of Lords, in which he served as Chairman of Committees.

Family

Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Anne, daughter of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, on 10 December 1796. They had nine children:

Lord Shaftesbury died in June 1851, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Anthony, the noted social reformer.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith, E.A. "ASHLEY (ASHLEY COOPER), Hon. Cropley (1768-1851), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies". 1835.
  4. ↑ Lodge, Edmund (1872). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Hurst & Blackett. pp. 55, 510–511.
  5. ↑ "ASHLEY COOPER".