Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886), styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British peer, the son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.

He married Lady Harriet Chichester (d. 14 April 1898), only daughter (and only surviving child) of the 3rd Marquess of Donegall, on 22 August 1857. They had five children:

*The Lady Margaret Ashley-Cooper (1858–1931), married Captain Theophilus Levett son of Theophilus John Levett MP.
*The Lady Evelyn Ashley-Cooper (1865–1931), married firstly the 2nd Baron Magheramorne, and secondly Captain The Hon. Hugo Baring (sixth son of the 1st Baron Revelstoke)
*The Lady Mildred Ashley-Cooper (1867–1958), married The Hon. George Allsopp (third son of the 1st Baron Hindlip)
*The Lady Susan Ashley-Cooper (1868–1938), married the 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie
*Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, later 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961), married Lady Constance Grosvenor, elder daughter of the Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the 1st Duke of Westminster

He was Member of Parliament for Hull from 1857 to 1859 and Cricklade from 1859 to 1865.

Lord Shaftesbury committed suicide six months after succeeding to the title.


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