Family and Education
b. 9 Feb. 1711, o.s. and h. of Ashley Cooper, 3rd earl of Shaftesbury and Jane, da. of Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall, Herts. educ. New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1724. m. (1) 12 Mar. 1725, Susanna (d.1758), da. Baptist Noel, 3rd earl of Gainsborough; (2) 1759, Mary, da. of Jacob Bouverie†, Visct. Folkestone, and sis. of William Bouverie†, earl of Radnor, 1s. d. 27 May 1771; will 17 Mar. 1769, pr. 8 June 1771. TNA, PROB11/968.
Offices Held
PC 1761.
Mbr. Common Council of Georgia, 1733; recorder, Shaftesbury 1756; high steward, Dorchester 1757; gov. Levant Co. 1766 – d.
Brig. gen. Dorset Mil. 1761.
Ld. lt., Dorset 1734 – d.
FRS 1754; FSA 1767.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset; Grosvenor Square, London.
ASHLEY COOPER
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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