Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury DL FRS (17 September 1761 – 14 May 1811), was a British peer.

Biography

Ashley-Cooper was the son of

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, and Mary Pleydell-Bouverie. He was educated at

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and served as Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset. He was elected a

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of the

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in 1785. Lord Shaftesbury married Barbara Webb, daughter of Sir John Webb, 5th Baronet, and Mary Salvain, of

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House, Wiltshire, on 17 July 1786. His only child, a daughter, was Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper (19 October 1788 – 5 June 1844),Anthony Ashley-Cooper on thepeerage.com
/ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. who married the 1st Baron de Mauley. Lord Shaftesbury died on 14 May 1811 at age 49 and was buried at St Giles' parish church in

Wimborne St Giles Wimborne St Giles is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, on Cranborne Chase, north of Wimborne Minster and north of Poole. The village lies within the Shaftesbury estate, owned by the Earls of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury. ...

, Dorset. On his death, having no male heir, the title passed to his younger brother, Cropley Ashley-Cooper.

References

External links

The 5th Earl of Shaftesbury on cracroftspeerage.co.uk
5 1761 births 1811 deaths People educated at Winchester College Deputy lieutenants of Dorset Fellows of the Royal Society {{England-earl-stub