Biography of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 1671-1713
Paternal Family Tree: Cooper
Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Giffard 1490-1571
On 26 Feb 1671 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 19) and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury (age 15) at Exeter House [Map].
On 21 Jan 1683 [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 61) died. His son [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl Shaftesbury, 2nd Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 3rd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. [his mother] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury (age 27) by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
Between 1686 and 1689 John Cropley 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 14) travelled to Italy, France and Germany together.
In 1698 [his mother] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury (age 42) died.
On 02 Nov 1699 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 47) died. His son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 28) succeeded 3rd Earl Shaftesbury, 3rd Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 4th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
In 1703 John Closterman (age 43). Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 31) and [his brother] Maurice Ashley-Cooper (age 27).
Maurice Ashley-Cooper: On 14 Apr 1675 he was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury. On 21 Oct 1726 Maurice Ashley-Cooper died.
In 1709 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 37) and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury (age 29) were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury. They were third cousins.
On 09 Feb 1711 [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 39) and [his wife] Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury (age 31).
On 16 Feb 1713 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 41) died. His son [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury (age 2) succeeded 4th Earl Shaftesbury, 4th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 5th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
On 23 Nov 1751 [his former wife] Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury (age 71) died.
The Early Diaries of Frances Burney May 1775. Mr. Jones, a Welsh harper, a silly young man, was also present. We had a great deal of conversation in parties, before the Concert began. I had the satisfaction to sit next to Mr. Harris (age 62), who is very cheerful and communicative, and his conversation was instructive and agreeable58.5. Mr. Jones, the harper, began the Concert. He has a fine instrument of Merlin's construction; he plays with great neatness and delicacy; but as expression must have meaning, he does not abound in that commodity. After him, at the request of the Baronness Deiden, Mr. Burney went to the harpsichord. He played with his usual successful velocity and his usual applause. When he had received the compliments of the nobility and gentry, my father begged the Baronness to take his place; but she would not at first hear of it. She said in French, which she almost always speaks, that it was quite out of the question; and that it would be like a figurante's dancing after Heinel59.1. However, Miss Phipps joined so warmly in my father's request, that she was at length prevailed with. The character she has acquired of being the first of lady harpsichord players, as far as I have heard or can judge, is well merited. She has a great deal of execution and fire, and plays with much meaning. She is, besides, extremely modest and unconscious. She declared she had never been so much frightened before in her life59.2. When she had played a Lesson of Schobert's, my father asked her for another German composition, which he had heard her play at Lord Mulgrave's. She was going very obligingly to comply, when the Baron Deiden, looking at my sister, said, "Mais après, ma chère." "Eh bien!" cried Miss Phipps, "après Mrs. Burney."
Note 58.5. James Harris, of Salisbury (age 62), was nephew to that Earl of Shaftesbury who wrote "The Characteristics." He was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1762; a Lord of the Treasury afterwards. Dr. Johnson said that he was "a sound, solid scholar," but "a prig, and a bad prig," and "a coxcomb," who "did not understand his own system" in his own book, called "Hermes, an inquiry concerning universal grammar." We here see him in his pleasant, social aspect. Dr. Burney ranks him as a writer on music, in virtue of his three "Treatises on Art, Music, and History," 1774. When Mr. Harris took his seat in the House of Commons, Charles Townsend said to his next neighbour,-" Who is this man?"-" Who? why Harris that wrote one book about Grammar, and another about Virtue."-" What does he come here for? He will find neither Grammar nor Virtue here."
Note 59.1. Horace Walpole to Lord Strafford, August 25, 1771: "There is a finer dancer" (than Mlle. Guimard) "whom Mr. Hobart is to transport to London; a Mlle. Heinel or Ingle, a Fleming. She is tall, perfectly made, very handsome, and has a set of attitudes copied from the classics; she moves as gracefully slow as Pygmalion's statue when it was coming to life." She filled a before-deserted Opera House. The manager, Mr. Hobart, paid her six hundred pounds for the season, and the Maccaroni Club" complimented her with a regale of six hundred more."
Note 59.2. According to Horace Walpole, the Baron and Baroness Deiden were not personce gratis at the Court of St. James; being sent to England after the imprisonment of George III's (age 33) sister, Caroline Matilda, Queen of (age 20) Denmark. They were moved to the Papal Court, where Miss Berry met them a little later.
[his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury and [his mother] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury were married. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury and Frances Cecil.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cooper of Rudgwick
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cooper
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cooper 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Skutt of Stanton Drew in Somerset
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Skutt
GrandFather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Ashley Lady Cooper
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Okeover of Okeover Hall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Okeover
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dethick
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Elizabeth Dethick
Father: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Cope
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cope 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cope 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Lytton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Carleton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Frances Cecil 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Egerton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sparkes of Bickerton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Grosvenor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dymoke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Tailboys 9th Baron Kyme 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gascoigne Baroness Kyme 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thwaites
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke
Mother: Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Roper
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
GrandMother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Shirley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England