Biography
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury, was born 16 January 1652 in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England, United Kingdom to Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683) and Frances Cecil (1633-1652) and died 2 November 1699 Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Dorothy Manners (c1656-1698) 22 September 1669 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Frances Ashley-Cooper (-1706) | |||
Dorothy Ashley-Cooper (-1749) | |||
Gertrude Ashley-Cooper (-1703) | |||
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) | 26 February 1671 Exeter Exchange, Strand, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 15 February 1713 Naples, Campania, Italy | Jane Ewer (-1751) |
John Ashley-Cooper (1672-1693) | |||
Maurice Ashley-Cooper (1675-1726) | |||
Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper (1681-1744) |
Parliament of England | ||
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Preceded by Sir William Penn Bullen Reymes Winston Churchill Sir John Coventry |
Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1670–1679 With: Bullen Reymes 1670–1673 Winston Churchill 1670–1679 Sir John Coventry 1670–1679 John Man 1673–1679 Thomas Browne 1679 Michael Harvey 1679 |
Succeeded by Sir John Coventry Thomas Browne Michael Harvey Sir John Morton |
Military offices | ||
Vacant Title last held by Bullen Reymes
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Vice-Admiral of Dorset 1679–1699 |
Succeeded by Thomas Strangways |
Peerage of England | ||
Preceded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper |
Earl of Shaftesbury 1683–1699 |
Succeeded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper |
Footnotes (including sources)
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