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Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury
Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, styled The Honourable Cropley Ashley-Cooper until 1811, was a British politician. He was the father of the social reformer Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Anne, daughter of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, on 10 December 1796. and Anthony John Ashley-Cooper who married Julia Conyers, heiress of Henry John Conyers of Copped Hall. Lord Shaftesbury died in June 1851, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Anthony, the noted social reformer. ==References==