Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Earl of Shaftesbury is a hereditary British title of nobility in the Peerage of England, named after the town of Shaftesbury in Dorset, which is supported by the family Ashley -Cooper.

Ancestral home of the family (sometimes called Ashley House ) at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset St. Giles House.

Award

The title was in 1672 in the influential British politician Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley awarded. This was partly responsible for the return of Charles II from exile to England and then had more than 10 years the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer held. Later he was then, among other things Lord Chancellor.

Subordinate title

The first Earl had been in 1661 in the County of Dorset, raised to Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles. Simultaneously with the earldom of the title of Baron Cooper of Paullet was in the County of Somerset awarded. Both titles are in the Peerage of England and are now managed by the respective Earl as subordinate title.

The heir takes the courtesy title of Baron Ashley.

More titles

The father of the first Earl had been a baronet in 1622, of Rock Bourne in the County of Southampton, collected. This title, which belongs to the Baronetage of England will be borne by the respective Earl.

List of Earls of Shaftesbury and Cooper Baronets

Cooper Baronets, of Rock Bourne ( 1622)

  • Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet († 1631)
  • Sir Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 2nd Baronet ( 1621-1683 ) (1661 to Baron Ashley and in 1672 the Earl of Shaftesbury applicable)

Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1672)

  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1621-1683 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1652-1699 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1671-1713 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1711-1771 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1761-1811 )
  • Cropley Ashley -Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1768-1851 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1801-1885 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1831-1886 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1869-1961 )
  • Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1938-2004 )
  • Anthony Nils Christian Ashley -Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury ( 1977-2005 )
  • Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury ( b. 1979 )

The heir apparent is the only son of the present Earl, Anthony Francis Wolfgang Ashley -Cooper, Lord Ashley (* 2011).

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