Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury
Cropley Ashley-Cooper | |
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| Member of the British Parliament for Dorchester | |
| In office 30 January 1790 – 11 June 1790 | |
| In office 14 April 1791 – 14 May 1811[1] | |
| 6th Earl of Shaftesbury | |
| In office 1811–1851 | |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury |
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| Born | 21 December 1768 |
| Died | 2 June 1851 |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Anne Spencer |
| Children | 10 |
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Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury Bt (21 December 1768 – 2 June 1851),[1] 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 the Hon. Mary, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone. He was educated at Winchester School and Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Political career[]
Shaftesbury was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1790, a seat he held until 1811.[2] 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.[3]
Family[]
Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Anne, daughter of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, on 10 December 1796.[1] They had ten children. Their second daughter Lady Harriet Anne married Henry Lowry-Corry and was the mother of Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton. Their fifth and penultimate son, Anthony Francis Ashley Cooper (1810–25), while at Eton was killed in a pugilistic contest. Two of Shaftesbury's other sons were Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper and Anthony William Ashley.[4][5]
Lord Shaftesbury died in June 1851, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Anthony, the noted social reformer.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Smith, E.A. "ASHLEY (ASHLEY COOPER), Hon. Cropley (1768-1851), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies". 1835.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1872). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Hurst & Blackett. pp. 55, 510–511.
- ^ Farrell, Stephen. "ASHLEY COOPER, Anthony John (1808-1867)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Shaftesbury
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