Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper (5 May 1807 – 2 December 1858) was an English politicianHistory of Parliament online
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Early life

Ashley was born at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset in 1807, a son of Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, and younger brother of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and of Anthony William Ashley.

Career

He was a member of parliament for Dorchester from 1831 to 1847. As a cricketer, he was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his first-class cricket debut in 1830.

Death

He died in 1858 at Clewer in

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References

1807 births 1858 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Younger sons of earls {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub