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Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury Bt (21 December 1768 – 2 June 1851), styled The Honourable Cropley Ashley-Cooper until 1811, was a British politician. He was the father of the social reformer Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

Background

Shaftesbury was a younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, by his second wife the Hon. Mary, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone.[1]

Political career

Shaftesbury was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1790, a seat he held until 1811.[2] The latter year he succeeded his elder brother in the earldom and entered the House of Lords, in which he served as Chairman of Committees.[3]

Family

Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Anne, daughter of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, in 1796. Their daughter Lady Harriet Anne married Henry Lowry-Corry and was the mother of Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton. Lord Shaftesbury died in June 1851, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Anthony, the noted social reformer. Another son of his is Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper, MP for Dorchester. Lady Shaftesbury died in August 1865, aged 91.[4]

Styles of address

  • 1768-1790: The Honourable Cropley Ashley-Cooper
  • 1790-1811: The Honourable Cropley Ashley-Cooper MP
  • 1811-1851: The Right Honourable The Sixth Earl of Shaftesbury Bt

References

  1. ^ thepeerage.com
  2. ^ leighrayment.com
  3. ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DegNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA148
  4. ^ thepeerage.com
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1790
With: Hon. George Damer 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1791–1801
With: Francis Fane 		Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
 Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1801–1811
With: Francis Fane 1801–1807
Robert Williams 1807–1811 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
1804–1806 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
1807 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Clerk of the Ordnance
1807–1811 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Shaftesbury
1811–1851 		Succeeded by


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