SHAFTESBURY

 

 

 

John Cooper [or Couper], of Rockbourne, cr Baronet 1622, d.23 Mar 1631; m.1st Anne (d.20 Jul 1628), dau and heiress of Sir Anthony Ashley, of Wimborne St. Giles, Bt.; m.2nd Mary, Lady Morrison, dau of Baptist Hicks, Viscount Campden

 

1a) Sir Anthony Ashley, 2nd Bt., cr 1661 Baron Ashley of Wimborne St. Giles, cr 1672 Earl of Shaftesbury and Baron Cooper of Pawlett (Wimborne St. Giles 22 Jul 1621-Amsterdam 21 Jan 1683); m.1st 25 Feb 1639 Hon. Margaret Coventry (d.11 Jul 1649); m.2nd London 15 Apr 1650 Lady Frances Cecil (bap 14 Aug 1633-31 Dec 1652); m.3rd London 30 Aug 1655 Hon. Margaret Spencer (bap 19 Jan 1627-1693)

 

1b) Cecil (1651-d.young)

 

2b) Anthony Ashley, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury (16 Jan 1652-Wimborne St. Giles 2 Nov 1699); m.22 Sep 1669 Lady Dorothy Manners (d.Jun 1698)

 

1c) Anthony Ashley, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (Exeter House 26 Feb 1671-Naples 4/15 Feb 1713); m.Beachworth, Herts 29 Aug 1709 Jane Ewer (d.23 Nov 1751)

 

1d) Anthony Ashley, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury (9 Feb 1711-London 27 May 1771); m.1st London 12 Mar 1725 Lady Susanna Noel (dsp Petersham 20 Jun 1758); m.2nd Putney 20 Mar 1759 Hon. Mary Bouverie (London 2 Oct 1730-London 12 Nov 1804)

 

1e) Anthony Ashley, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury (17 Sep 1761-London 14 May 1811); m.London 17 Jul 1786 Barbara Webb (d.Florence 5 Oct 1819), dau of Sir John Webb, 5th Bt.

 

1f) Barbara [through her mother a co-heiress of the old Barony of Mauley] (19 Oct 1788-5 Jun 1844); m.8 Aug 1814 William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, Lord de Mauley (31 Jul 1787-16 May 1855)

 

2e) Mary Anne (31 Dec 1766 [or 30 Dec 1766]-8 Jul 1854); m.14 Apr 1788 Charles Sturt, of Crichel  (1673-12 May 1812)

 

3e) Cropley Ashley, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (London 21 Dec 1768-Wimborne St. Giles 2 Jun 1851); m.Hurst, Berks 10 Dec 1796 Lady Anne Spencer (5 Nov 1773-7 Aug 1865)

 

1f) Caroline Mary Ashley (14 Sep 1797-11 Jun 1869); m.1 Jan 1831 Joseph Neeld, of Grittleton House (13 Jan 1789-24 Mar 1856)

 

2f) Harriet Anne Ashley (15 Sep 1798-25 Mar 1868); m.18 Mar 1830 Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry (9 Mar 1803-5 Mar 1873)

 

3f) Charlotte Barbara Ashley (15 Oct 1799-11 Dec 1889); m.1824 Henry Lyster, of Rowton Castle (d.12 Dec 1863)

 

4f) Anthony, took surname Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (London 28 Apr 1801-Folkestone 1 Oct 1885); m.London 10 Jun 1830 Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper (6 Nov 1810-London 15 Oct 1872)

 

1g) Anthony, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (London 27 Jun 1831-d.Middlesex Hospital 13 Apr 1886, after shooting himself in a cab in Langham Place); m.London 22 Aug 1857 Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester (1836-Rome 14 Apr 1898)

 

1h) Margaret Emily (28 Sep 1858-16 Oct 1931); m.27 May 1884 Theophilus Basil Percy Levett, of Wychnor Park (11 Dec 1856-26 May 1929)

 

2h) Evelyn Harriet (27 Jun 1865-22 Jan 1931); m.1st 23 Oct 1889 James Douglas McGarel Hogg, 2nd Lord Magheramorne (16 Jan 1861-10 Mar 1903); m.2nd 1 Mar 1905 Hon Hugo Baring (6 Oct 1876-20 Aug 1949)

 

3h) Mildred Georgiana (25 Feb 1867-4 Mar 1958); m.16 Jul 1895 Hon. George Higginson Allsopp (28 Mar 1846-9 Sep 1907)

 

4h) Susan Violet (18 Jul 1868-16 Dec 1938); m.14 Jul 1892 Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and Kellie (29 Aug 1865-3 Jun 1955)

 

5h) Anthony, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (31 Aug 1869-25 Mar 1961); m.15 Jul 1899 Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor (Cliveden 22 Aug 1875-8 Jul 1957)

 

1i) Anthony, Lord Ashley (4 Oct 1900-8 Mar 1947); m.1st 3 Feb 1927 (div 1935) Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes (d.30 Jun 1977); m.2nd 31 Mar 1937 Françoise Soulier

 

1j) Anthony, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (22 May 1936-Nov 2004); 

m.1st 21 Jul 1966 (div 1976) Bianca Maria di Paolis (d.Mar 2013); m.2nd 15 Dec 1976 Mrs Christina Eve Casella, née Montan; m.3rd 5 Nov 2002 Jamila Ben M’Barek

 

1k) Anthony Nils Christian, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury (24 Jun 1977-15 May 2005)

 

2k) Nicholas Edmund Anthony, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, b.3 Jun 1979; m.11 Sep 2010 Dinah Streifeneder

 

1l) Anthony Francis Wolfgang, Lord Ashley, b.24 Jan 2011

 

2l) Viva Constance Lillemor, b.2012

 

3l) Zara Emily Tove, b.2014

 

2j) Frances Mary Elizabeth (9 Apr 1940-    )

 

2i) Mary Sibell (3 Oct 1902-2 Aug 1936); m.27 Nov 1928 Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Lord Alington (4 Nov 1896-17 Sep 1940)

 

3i) Dorothea Louise (29 Apr 1907-1987); m.23 Jul 1935 Antony Henry Head, Viscount Head (19 Dec 1906-29 Mar 1983)

 

4i) Lettice Mildred Mary (12 Feb 1911-1990)

 

5i) Anthony John Percy Hugh Michael (5 Oct 1915-1986); m.5 Jan 1946 Julian Petherick (4 Sep 1915-2 Apr 2001)

 

1j) Susan Mary Jeanne (1946-    )

 

2j) Caroline Sibell (1948-    ) ;m.Robert Keith Petherick-Brian

 

3j) Elizabeth Julian (1950-    )

 

4j) Mary Patricia (1953-    ); m.1984 Robert John Elkington

 

6h) Ethel Maud (16 Dec 1870-3 Sep 1945); m.6 Feb 1894 Sir George John Scott Warrender, 7th Bt (31 Jul 1860-8 Jan 1917)

 

2g) Anthony Francis Henry (13 Mar 1833-31 May 1848)

 

3g) Anthony Maurice William (22 Jul 1835-Aug 1855)

 

4g) Anthony Evelyn Melbourne, resumed surname Ashley (24 Jul 1836-15 Nov 1907); m.1st 28 Jul 1866 Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (d.31 Aug 1886); m.2nd 30 Jun 1891 Lady Alice Elizabeth Cole (4 Feb 1853-25 Aug 1931)

 

1h) Wilfrid William, cr 1932 Lord Mount Temple (13 Sep 1867-3 Jul 1939); m.1st 4 Jan 1901 Amalia Mary Maud Cassel (d.5 Feb 1911); m.2nd 29 Aug 1914 Muriel Emily Spencer (d.24 Jun 1954)

 

1i) Edwina Cynthia Annette (28 Nov 1901-21 Feb 1960); m.18 Jul 1922 Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 Jun 1900-27 Aug 1979)

 

2i) Ruth Mary Clarisse; m.1st 12 May 1927 (div 1940) Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (1895-Valbonne, France 26 Mar 1977); m.2nd 3 Sep 1940 (div 1943) Laurie Gardner; m.3rd 15 Jun 1944 (div 1955) Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Lord Delamere (19 Aug 1900-13 Apr 1979)

 

2h) Sybil Katharine (18 Aug 1869-13 Jan 1876)

 

3h) Lilian Blanche Georgiana (27 Jun 1875-14 Sep 1939); m.16 Nov 1895 Hercules Arthur Pakenham (17 Feb 1863-28 Mar 1937)

 

4h) Anthony Henry Evelyn Ashley (25 Feb 1894-14 Jan 1921); m.6 Mar 1920 Albinia Mary Evans Lombe (d.16 Apr 1972)

 

5g) Victoria Elizabeth (23 Sep 1837-15 Feb 1927); m.8 Jan 1873 Henry Spencer Chichester, 2nd Lord Templemore (14 Jun 1821-London 10 Jun 1906)

 

6g) Anthony Lionel George (7 Sep 1838-18 Aug 1914); m.12 Dec 1868 Frances Elizabeth Hanbury-Leigh (d.2 Aug 1875)

 

7g) Mary Charlotte (25 Jul 1842-3 Sep 1861)

 

8g) Constance Emily (29 Nov 1845-16 Dec 1872)

 

7g) Edith Florence (1 Apr 1847-25 Nov 1913)

 

8g) Anthony Cecil (8 Aug 1849-23 Sep 1932)

 

5f) Anthony William Ashley (4 Oct 1803-18 Apr 1877); m.8 Mar 1831 Maria Anne Baillie (d.10 Jan 1891)

 

6f) Frederica (25 May 1805-25 Mar 1808)

 

7f) Anthony Henry Ashley (5 May 1807-30 Nov 1858); m.2 Oct 1835 Jane Frances Pattison (d.1893)

 

1g) Margaret Jane Ashley-Cooper (7 Mar 1837-27 Feb 1913)

 

2g) Emily Frances Ashley-Cooper (23 Nov 1838-    ); m.20 Aug 1885 Henri Antoine de Satgé (1838-12 Jan 1907)

 

8f) Anthony John Ashley (21 Dec 1808-1 Jan 1867); m.17 Mar 1840 Julia Conyers (d.10 Apr 1907)

 

9f) Anthony Francis Ashley (10 Jun 1810 [or, 10 Jan 1811]-d.Mar 1825 after a fight at Eton)

 

10f) Anthony Lionel Ashley (11 Apr 1813 [or, Jan 1813]-14 Jan 1836)

 

2c) John (ca 1672-1693)

 

3c) Maurice (14 Apr 1675-21 Oct 1726); m.Catharine Popple (d.31 Mar 1721)

 

4c) Frances; m.Francis Stonhouse, of Hungerford Park

 

5c) Elizabeth, d.20 Jan 1744; m.20 Apr 1707 James Harris (17 Apr 1674-26 Aug 1731); grandparents of 1st Earl of Malmesbury

 

6c) Dorothy, d.4 May 1749; m.1700 Edward Hooper, of Heron Court (d.1759)

 

7c) Gertrude, d.1704

 

2a) [ex 1] George, of Clarendon Park; m.Elizabeth Oldfield

 

1b) John, d.young

 

2b) George, d.1727

 

3b) Elizabeth, d.ca 1722; m.Sir William Hanham, of Dean’s Court, Bt. (d.May/Jun 1671)

 

4b-8b) 5 daus

 

3a) [ex 1] Philippa, d.20 May 1701, aged 77; m.before 1658 Sir Adam Browne, of Beechworth [Betchworth, Bettsworth] Castle, 2nd Bt. (bur 3 Nov 1690)