Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury

Cropley Ashley-Cooper
Cropley Ashley-Cooper
	British Parliament; for Dorchester
	In office; 30 January 1790 – 11 June 1790
	In office; 14 April 1791 – 14 May 1811
6th Earl of Shaftesbury
	In office; 1811–1851
Succeeded by	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Personal details
Born	21 December 1768
Died	2 June 1851 (aged 82)
Spouse	Lady Anne Spencer
Children	10
Parents	Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury (father); Mary Bouverie (mother);

Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury Bt (21 December 1768 – 2 June 1851),^[1] 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

Winchester School and Christ Church, Oxford.^[1]

Political career

Shaftesbury was elected

Chairman of Committees.^[3]

Family

Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Anne, daughter of

Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper, Anthony William Ashley,^[4]^[5] and Anthony John Ashley-Cooper who married Julia Conyers, heiress of Henry John Conyers of Copped Hall

.

Lord Shaftesbury died in June 1851, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Anthony, the noted social reformer.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Smith, E.A. "ASHLEY (ASHLEY COOPER), Hon. Cropley (1768-1851), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
^ "The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies". 1835.
^ Lodge, Edmund (1872). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Hurst & Blackett. pp. 55, 510–511.
^ Farrell, Stephen. "ASHLEY COOPER, Anthony John (1808-1867)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Shaftesbury

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by George Damer Thomas Ewer	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1790 With: George Damer	Succeeded by George Damer Francis Fane
Preceded by George Damer Francis Fane	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 Robert Williams Charles Henry Bouverie
Political offices
Preceded by Joseph Hunt	Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1804–1806	Succeeded by James Martin Lloyd
Preceded by James Martin Lloyd	Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1807	Succeeded by Thomas Thoroton
Preceded by William Wellesley-Pole	Clerk of the Ordnance 1807–1811	Succeeded by Robert Plumer Ward
Peerage of England
Preceded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper	Earl of Shaftesbury 1811–1851	Succeeded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper

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[parliament-1] Smith, E.A. "ASHLEY (ASHLEY COOPER), Hon. Cropley (1768-1851), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[2] "leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

[3] "The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies". 1835.

[4] Lodge, Edmund (1872). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Hurst & Blackett. pp. 55, 510–511.

[anthony-5] Farrell, Stephen. "ASHLEY COOPER, Anthony John (1808-1867)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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