Family and Education
b. 16 Jan. 1652, o. surv. s. and h. of Ashley Cooper, earl of Shaftesbury and Frances (d.1652), da. of David Cecil†, 3rd earl of Exeter. educ. Trinity, Oxf., matric. 1666, MA 1667. m. 1669, Dorothy (d.1698), 3rd. da. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland, 3s. 4da. d. 2 Nov. 1699; will 28 Nov. 1690, pr. 23 June 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.
Offices Held
V. adm. Dorset 1679, 1685 – d.
Commr. for assessment Dorset, Poole and Wilts. 1673 – 80, recusants Dorset 1675.
Mbr. Soc. of Mines Royal 1674.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.
ASHLEY COOPER
Likenesses
Richard Tompson, after Sir Peter Lely, mezzotint, NPG D29420; Sir Peter Lely, oils NPG D13154; NPG D19538.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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