Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury

Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (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.

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. Lady Shaftesbury died in August 1865, aged 91.^[3]

References

1. ^ thepeerage.com
2. ^ leighrayment.com
3. ^ thepeerage.com

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by George Damer Thomas Ewer	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1790 With: Hon. George Damer	Succeeded by Hon. George Damer Francis Fane
Preceded by Hon. 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 Hon. 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