ASHLEY, Hon. Maurice (c.1675-1726), of Bedford Row, Westminster

b. 14 Apr. 1675, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Anthony Ashley Cooper†, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury; bro. of Lord Ashley (Anthony Ashley*). educ. Winchester c.1682–9; Utrecht (private tutor). m. lic. 2 June 1709, Catherine (d. 1721), da. of William Popple of St. Clement Danes, London, s.p. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 594; Surtees Soc. clxxviii. 127.