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Earl of Shaftesbury
The title of Earl of Shaftesbury was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Ashley (1661) and Baron Cooper of Pawlett (1672), both in the Peerage of England. His heir uses the former as a courtesy title.
The family seat is Ashley House , near Wimborne St Giles in Dorset.
Earls 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 (1938-2005)
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury (b. 1977)
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