Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury
Bt DL (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886), styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British
peer. He was the son of
The 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
Career
He was commissioned a
cornet in the
Dorsetshire Yeomanry on 26 July 1856 and was promoted lieutenant on 21 January 1857. On 27 January 1857, he was appointed a
deputy lieutenant of Dorset. He resigned his Yeomanry commission in April 1859. He was
Member of Parliament
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for
Kingston upon Hull
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It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-ea ...
from 1857 to 1859 and
Cricklade
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History
Cricklade ...
from 1859 to 1865. He was a patron and member of the
Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade.
On 7 June 1858, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Antrim Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia. On 16 March 1860, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps. He resigned his commission in the South Middlesex on 6 September 1860 to become a captain in the London Irish Volunteer Corps on 17 September.
On 7 September 1860, he was promoted to a captaincy in the Antrim Militia, which he resigned in early 1862. He resigned his commission in the London Irish Volunteer Corps on 1 April 1863. On 6 February 1862, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia, a position he held until 1 June 1872.
On 12 May 1875, he was appointed lieutenant-commanding of the London Corps of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, and on 7 June 1880, he became honorary commander of the London Brigade, RNAV.
Family
Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester (d. 14 April 1898), only daughter (and only surviving child) of
The 3rd Marquess of Donegall, on 22 August 1857. They had six children:
*Lady Margaret Ashley-Cooper (1858–1931), married Captain Theophilus
Levett
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Origins
This surname comes from the village of Livet-en-Ouche, no ...
, son of
Theophilus John Levett MP.
*Lady Evelyn Ashley-Cooper (1865–1931), married firstly
The 2nd Baron Magheramorne, and secondly Captain Hugo Baring (sixth son of
The 1st Baron Revelstoke)
*Lady Mildred Ashley-Cooper (1867–1958), married
George Allsopp.
*Lady Violet Ashley-Cooper (1868–1938), married
The 12th Earl of Mar.
*
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961), married
Lady Constance Grosvenor, elder daughter of
Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of
The 1st Duke of Westminster
*
Lady Ethel Maud Ashley-Cooper (1870–1945), married
Sir George Warrender – she was known as Lady Maud Warrender, a singer and patron of music, and a personal friend of the composer
Sir Edward Elgar
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and his wife
In his father's lifetime, as Lord Ashley, he was a disappointing
heir apparent
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, constantly running up debts with his extravagant wife.
Death
Lord Shaftesbury committed suicide, on 13 April 1886, six months after succeeding to
the title. He shot himself with a revolver while in a cab in
Regent Street, London.
References
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Anthony
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British Militia officers
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of Parliament for Cricklade