Background
Shaftesbury was a younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, by his second wife the Honorary
Shaftesbury was a younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, by his second wife the Honorary
He was the father of the social reformer Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Mary, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone. 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.
Another son of his is Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper, Member of Parliament for Dorchester. Lady Shaftesbury died in August 1865, aged 91.
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Shaftesbury was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1790, a seat he held until 1811.
