Background
He was the eldest son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor. His courtesy title "Lord Ashley", was used as the eldest son of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper
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West Downs School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
Ashley was married twice. Lord Ashley was a cadet in the Eton College contingent of the Officers" Training Corps. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 94th (Dorset & Somersetshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery on 26 June 1925.
On 1 May 1926, he transferred to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry with the same rank.
Lord Ashley was promoted to lieutenant on 12 March 1929. Soon after, on 25 May 1929, he was seconded away from the regiment to serve, from 19 August, as an aide-de-camp to Sir Frederick Sykes, Governor of Bombay, and restored to the establishment on 19 April 1930.
He was restored to his unit on 2 May 1931. Lord Ashley was promoted to captain on 26 June 1937, and to major on 5 March 1938.
On 5 January 1940, he was removed from the Wiltshire Yeomanry and placed on the general list of Yeomanry officers.
Major Lord Ashley was transferred to the Intelligence Corps on 22 July 1940, having requested to serve as a captain during World World War World War II He served with the Auxiliary Units, which were highly covert Resistance groups trained to engage and counteract the expected invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany. While Major Lord Ashley was trained at Coleshill House near Highworth, Wiltshire, specific details regarding his assignments and operational base remain classified. On 18 December 1941, he was transferred to the Territorial Army reserve of officers for the Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Tank Regiment.
He was posthumously awarded the Efficiency Decoration.
On 24 December 1943, Lord Ashley was appointed an Officer of the (OStJ).
Membership
Members of the Auxiliary Unit were stationed in covert hidden bunkers scattered throughout Great Britain.
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March 8, 1947 (aged 46) -
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United Kingdom