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Family and Education
b. 22 July 1621, 1st s. of Sir John Cooper‡, 1st bt., of Rockbourne, Hants, and Anne, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Ashley‡, 1st bt., of Wimborne St Giles; bro. of George Cooper‡. educ. privately (Aaron Guerdon) 1627-37, Exeter Coll., Oxf., 1637; L. Inn, 1638. m. (1) 25 Feb. 1639, Margaret (d. 11 July 1649), da. of Thomas Coventry‡, 1st Bar. Coventry of Aylesborough, s.p.; (2) 15 Apr. 1650, Lady Frances Cecil (d. 31 Dec. 1652), da. of David Cecil‡, 3rd earl of Exeter, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 30 Aug. 1655, Margaret, da. of William Spencer‡, 2nd Bar. Spencer, s.p. suc. fa. 23 Mar. 1631. d. 21 Jan. 1683.
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Dep. lt. Dorset, 1642 – 44, 26 July 1660–72; sheriff, Dorset 1643, Wilts. 1 Dec. 1646 – 11 Feb. 1648; v.-adm. Hants Apr. 1660–1; ld. lt. Dorset, 1672 – 74.

Col. of ft. and capt. of horse (royalist), 1643 – 44; gov. Weymouth 1643; field-marshal-gen., Dorset c. Aug. 1644 – Apr. 1646; col. of horse, 11 Jan. – Nov. 1660; gov. I.o.W. Feb. 1660–1.

Freeman, Poole, 1651, Salisbury 29 June 1654; gov. Charterhouse Hospital, 1662; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, app. D (p. 354). high steward, Salisbury, 1672 – d.; mbr., Skinners’ Co. 1681 – d.

Commr. law reform Jan. 1652 – Apr. 1653; judge of probate 8 Apr. 1653–4; cllr. of state 14 July 1653 – Dec. 1654, 19 May – Oct. 1659, 2 Jan. – 31 May 1660; commr. for army (acting) Dec. 1659 – Jan. 1660; PC 31 May 1660 – 19 May 1674; ld. pres. Apr. – Oct. 1679; commr. trade, Nov. 1660–72; chanc. Exchequer May 1661 – Nov. 1672; treas. prizes, 1664 – 67; ld. of treasury 1667 – 72; commr. affairs of Tangier, 1669, 1673. Bodl. Clarendon 87, ff. 22–23; HEHL, EL 8456. commr. union with Scotland, 1670; pres. trade and plantations 1672 – 74; ld. chanc. 1672 – 73; Commission for the review of the settlement of Ireland, 1673 Add. 28085, ff. 21–4.; commr. of prize appeals, 1672. Haley, Shaftesbury, 300.

Mbr., cttee. Virginia and cttee. Barbados, 29 Dec. 1654 – ?Jan. 1655; mbr., soc. mines royal and mineral and battery works 1662, gov. 1663 – d.; asst. Royal adventurers into Africa by 1664 – 71; ld. prop. Carolina 1663 – d.; mbr., Hudson’s Bay Co. 1668 – 73, dep. gov. 1673 – 74, cttee. 1674 – 75; sub-gov. Royal Africa Co. 1672 – 73, asst. 1674 – 77.

Bencher, L. Inn, 28 Jan. 1673.

FRS 1663.

Parlimentarian
COOPER, Sir Anthony Ashley, 2nd Bt. (1621-83), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset and The Close, Salisbury, Wilts.
Associated with: Wimborne St Giles, Dorset.
ASHLEY COOPER
Likenesses

oil on canvas, aft. John Greenhill, c.1672-3, NPG 3893; line engraving, by B. Baron, aft. S. Cooper, NPG D 16246; oil on canvas, circle of A. Hanneman, St John's, Camb.

Author
Seaward, Paul
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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