NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shaftesbury, Cropley Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1768-1851 NRA: Cooper, Cropley Ashley (1768-1851) 6th Earl of Shaftesbury LBT ID: LdShaft6 | B/BAP: 1768-12-21 DIED: 1851-06-02 |
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The son of the fourth earl; in 1796 he married Lady Anne Spencer, daughter of the Duke of
Marlborough and after succeeding his brother in 1811 was chairman of committees in the
House of Lords from 1814. | |