Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886), styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British

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 peer

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, the son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury KG , styled Lord Ashley from 1811 to 1851, was an English politician and philanthropist, one of the best-known of the Victorian era and one of the main proponents of Christian Zionism.-Youth:He was born in London and known informally as Lord Ashley...

.

He married Lady Harriet Chichester (d. 14 April 1898), only daughter (and only surviving child) of the 3rd Marquess of Donegall

George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall

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, on 22 August 1857. They had six children:

• The Lady Margaret Ashley-Cooper (1858–1931), married Captain Theophilus Levett
  Levett
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   son of Theophilus John Levett
  Theophilus John Levett
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   MP.
• The Lady Evelyn Ashley-Cooper (1865–1931), married firstly the 2nd Baron Magheramorne
  James McGarel-Hogg, 2nd Baron Magheramorne
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  , and secondly Captain The Hon. Hugo Baring (sixth son of the 1st Baron Revelstoke
  Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke
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  )
• The Lady Mildred Ashley-Cooper (1867–1958), married The Hon. George Allsopp
  George Higginson Allsopp
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   (third son of the 1st Baron Hindlip
  Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip
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  )
• The Lady Violet Ashley-Cooper (1868–1938), married the 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley
  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, PC, GCVO, CBE, was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester , the daughter of George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall and Lady Harriet Anne Butler.-Family life:On 15 July...
  
  , later 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961), married Lady Constance Grosvenor, elder daughter of the Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the 1st Duke of Westminster
  Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
  Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster KG, PC, JP , styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869 and known as the 3rd Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner.He inherited the estate of...
  
  
• The Lady Ethel Maud Ashley-Cooper (1870–1945), married Sir George Warrender
  Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet
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   - she was known as Lady Maud Warrender, a singer and patron of music, and a personal friend of the composer Edward Elgar
  Edward Elgar
  Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
  
   and his wife

He was Member of Parliament

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 for Hull from 1857 to 1859 and Cricklade

Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1859 to 1865.

Lord Shaftesbury committed suicide six months after succeeding to the title.

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