Person:Anthony Ashley-Cooper (7)

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury
b.17 Sep 1761
d.14 May 1811
  1. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury1761 - 1811
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Name Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 17 Sep 1761
Marriage to Barbara Webb (add)
Death[1][2] 14 May 1811
Reference Number? Q4772028?


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

Ashley-Cooper was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury and Mary Pleydell-Bouverie. He was educated at Winchester and served as Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.

Lord Shaftesbury married Barbara Webb, daughter of Sir John Webb, 5th Baronet and Mary Salvain, of Odstock House, Wiltshire, on 17 July 1786. His only child, a daughter, was Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper (19 October 1788 – 5 June 1844), who married the 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, Dorset. On his death, having no male heir, the title passed to his younger brother, Cropley Ashley-Cooper.[1][2]

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.