Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury

Politician

1831 – 1886

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Who was Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury?

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury, styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British peer.

Ashley was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. He was Member of Parliament for Hull from 1857 to 1859 and Cricklade from 1859 to 1865. He was a patron and member of the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade.

Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Harriet Chichester, only daughter of George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall, on 22 August 1857. They had six children:

⁕Lady Margaret Ashley-Cooper, married Captain Theophilus Levett son of Theophilus John Levett MP.

⁕Lady Evelyn Ashley-Cooper, married firstly the 2nd Baron Magheramorne, and secondly Captain The Hon. Hugo Baring

⁕Lady Mildred Ashley-Cooper, married the Honourable George Higginson Allsopp.

⁕Lady Violet Ashley-Cooper, married Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar.

⁕Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, married Lady Constance Grosvenor, elder daughter of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster

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Born
Jun 27, 1831
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Apr 13, 1886

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on July 23, 2013

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