Paternal Family Tree: Cooper
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Paggett of Lacock Abbey -1607
In 1709 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 37] and [his mother] Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury and [his grandmother] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury. They were third cousins.
On 9th February 1711 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 39] and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury [aged 31].
On 16th February 1713 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury [aged 41] died. His son Anthony [aged 2] succeeded 4th Earl Shaftesbury, 4th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 5th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
Diary of Viscount Egmont afterwards Earl Egmont 1741. 20th January 1741. The Committee present were: Mr. Ayers, Hen. Archer, Lord Shaftsbury [aged 29], Mr. Smith, Mr. Vernon, who made some progress in the affair and adjourned the affair to Friday.
On 23rd November 1751 [his mother] Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury [aged 71] died.
In 1754 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 42] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
Before 1758 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 46] and Susannah Noel Countess Shaftesbury [aged 47] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. She the daughter of Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough and Dorothy Manners Countess Gainsborough. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury. They were second cousins.
In 1758 [his wife] Susannah Noel Countess Shaftesbury [aged 48] died.
In 1761 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 49] was appointed Privy Council.
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Before 17th September 1761 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury.
On 17th September 1761 [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] and [his wife] Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 30]. He married 17th July 1786 his sixth cousin Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury, daughter of John Webb 5th Baronet and Mary Salvin Lady Webb, and had issue.
In 1765 [his brother-in-law] William Pleydell-Bouverie 1st Earl Radnor [aged 39] was created 1st Earl Radnor.
On 21st December 1768 [his son] Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 57] and [his wife] Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 38]. He married 1796 his third cousin twice removed Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury, daughter of George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough and Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough, and had issue.
On 27th May 1771 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 60] died. His son Anthony [aged 9] succeeded 5th Earl Shaftesbury, 5th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 6th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
Around 1782 Pompeo Batoni [aged 73]. Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury.
On 12th November 1804 [his former wife] Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 74] died.
[his daughter] Mary Anne Ashley Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury. She married before 9th August 1795 Charles Sturt of Crichel and Brownsea Castle and had issue.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cooper of Rudgwick
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cooper
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cooper 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Skutt of Stanton Drew in Somerset
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Skutt
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury 
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley of Damerham 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ashley Lady Cooper
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Okeover of Okeover Hall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Okeover
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Elizabeth Dethick
Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cope 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cope 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Lytton 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 
2 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby 
father: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 
10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington 
18 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 
10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard 
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Grandfather: Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall in Hertfordshire
mother: Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington 18 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Montagu 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Spencer
Grandmother: Mary Montagu 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Baynard
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Baynard 25 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stapleton 
22 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stapleton 23 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Stapleton 24 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sharington of Lacock in Wiltshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Olive Sharington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Paggett of Lacock Abbey