Background
Ashley-Cooper was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury and Mary Pleydell-Bouverie.
Ashley-Cooper was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury and Mary Pleydell-Bouverie.
He was educated at Winchester and served as Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785. Lord Shaftesbury married Barbara Webb, daughter of Sir John Webb, 5th Baronet and Mary Salvain, of Odstock House, Wiltshire, on 17 July 1786. Lord Shaftesbury died on 14 May 1811 at age 49 and was buried at Street Giles Parish in Wimborne Street Giles in Dorset.
Royal Society.