Social Victorians/People/Shaftesbury

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Ashley-Cooper
  • Earl of Shaftesbury
    • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (2 June 1851 – 1 October 1885)[1]
    • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (1 October 1885 – 13 April 1886)[2]
    • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (13 April 1886 – 25 March 1961)[3]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality:

Residences[edit | edit source]

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (28 April 1801 – 1 October 1885)[1]
  • Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper (1810 – 15 October 1872)[4]
    1. Lady Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper ( – 15 February 1927)
    2. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886)
    3. Rt. Hon. Evelyn[5] (Anthony Evelyn Melbourne) Ashley (24 July 1836 – 15 November 1907)
    4. Hon. Anthony Lionel George Ashley-Cooper (7 September 1838 – 18 August 1914)
    5. Hon. Anthony Cecil Ashley-Cooper (8 August 1849 – 23 September 1932)


  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886)[2]
  • Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester ( – 14 April 1898)[6]
    1. Lady Margaret Emily Ashley-Cooper (28 September 1858 – 16 October 1931)
    2. Lady Evelyn Harriet Ashley-Cooper (27 June 1865 – 22 January 1931)
    3. Lady Mildred Georgiana Ashley-Cooper (25 February 1867 – 4 March 1958)
    4. Lady Susan Violet Ashley-Cooper (18 July 1868 – 16 December 1938)
    5. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961)
    6. Lady Ethel Maud Ashley-Cooper (16 Dec 1870 – 3 September 1945)


  • Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Anthony Evelyn Melbourne) Ashley (24 July 1836 – 15 November 1907)[5]
  • Sybella Charlotte Farquhar ( – 31 August 1886)[7]
    1. unknown daughter
    2. Lt.-Col. Wilfred William Ashley, 1st and last Baron Mount Temple (13 September 1867 – 3 July 1939)
    3. Lillian Blanche Georgiana Ashley (27 June 1875 – 14 September 1939)
  • Lady Alice Elizabeth Cole ( – 25 August 1931)[8]
    1. Anthony Henry Evelyn Ashley (25 February 1894 – 14 January 1921)

Relations[edit | edit source]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Organizations[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1897 July 2, Friday, Mr. W. W. Ashley attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball[edit | edit source]

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mr. W. W. Ashley (at 658) — possibly Wilfred William Ashley — was dressed as a soldier.[9]:p. 40, Col. 2b

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

  1. The Earl of Shaftesbury and his family attended social events about this time, as did Evelyn and Alice Ashley, Wilfred William Ashley's father and step-mother.

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2719.htm#i27190.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2594.htm#i25940.
  3. ↑ "Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p926.htm#i9259.
  4. ↑ "Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2720.htm#i27191.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Rt. Hon. Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2720.htm#i27193.
  6. ↑ "Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2595.htm#i25941.
  7. ↑ "Sybella Charlotte Farquhar." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2720.htm#i27194.
  8. ↑ "Lady Alice Elizabeth Cole." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2720.htm#i27197.
  9. ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
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