Paternal Family Tree: Cooper
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
In 1796 [his father] Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury (age 27) and [his mother] Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough (age 56) and [his grandmother] Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough (age 52). He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury (age 65). They were third cousin twice removed.
On 28th April 1801 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury was born to [his father] Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury (age 32) and [his mother] Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury (age 28).
On 14th May 1811 [his uncle] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury (age 49) died. His brother [his father] Cropley (age 42) succeeded 6th Earl Shaftesbury, 6th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 7th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. [his mother] Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury (age 38) by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 10th June 1830 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 29) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury were married. She the daughter of Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 52) and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 43). He the son of Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury (age 61) and Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury (age 57).
On 27th June 1831 [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 30) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury. He married 22nd August 1857 Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury, daughter of George Chichester 3rd Marquess Donegal and Harriet Anne Butler Marchioness Donegal, and had issue.
In 1833 [his brother-in-law] George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper (age 26) and Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 51) and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey (age 48). He the son of [his father-in-law] Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 54) and [his mother-in-law] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 45).
On 13th March 1833 [his son] Anthony Francis Henry Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 31) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 22nd July 1835 [his son] Anthony Maurice William Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 34) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 24th July 1836 [his son] Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 35) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury. He married (1) 28th July 1866 his third cousin once removed Sybella Charlotte Farquhar, daughter of Walter Rockliffe Farquhar 3rd Baronet and Mary Octavia Somerset Lady Farquhar, and had issue (2) 30th June 1891 Alice Elizabeth Cole, daughter of William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl Enniskillen and Jane Casamaijor Countess Enniskillen.
On 21st June 1837 [his father-in-law] Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 59) died. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 30) succeeded 6th Earl Cowper, 5th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 7th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 23rd September 1837 [his daughter] Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper Baroness Templemore was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 36) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury. She married 8th January 1873 her fifth cousin Harry Chichester 2nd Baron Templemore, son of Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Templemore and Augusta Paget Baroness Templemore, and had issue.
On 7th September 1838 [his son] Anthony Lionel George Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 37) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 25th July 1842 [his daughter] Mary Charlotte Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 41) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 29th November 1845 [his daughter] Constance Emily Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 44) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 1st February 1847 [his daughter] Edith Florence Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 45) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 13th May 1849 [his son] Anthony Francis Henry Ashley-Cooper (age 16) died.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 8th August 1849 [his son] Anthony Cecil Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 48) and [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 2nd June 1851 [his father] Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury (age 82) died. His son Anthony (age 50) succeeded 7th Earl Shaftesbury, 7th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 8th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 19th August 1855 [his son] Anthony Maurice William Ashley-Cooper (age 20) died.
On 15th April 1856 [his brother-in-law] George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper (age 49) died. His son Francis (age 21) succeeded 7th Earl Cowper, 6th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 8th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 22nd August 1857 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury (age 26) and Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury were married. She the daughter of George Chichester 3rd Marquess Donegal (age 60) and Harriet Anne Butler Marchioness Donegal (age 58). He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 56) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury.
On 3rd September 1861 [his daughter] Mary Charlotte Ashley-Cooper (age 19) died.
In 1862 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) appointed seven Knights of the Garter:
729th Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 49). He died a month later.
730th Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset (age 57).
731st. John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 69).
732nd Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 60).
733rd William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 46).
734th Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 24).
735th Grand Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (age 42).
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In 1865 [his mother] Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury (age 92) died.
On 28th July 1866 Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley-Cooper (age 30) and Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (age 20) were married. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 65) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury. They were third cousin once removed.
On 16th September 1872 [his daughter] Constance Emily Ashley-Cooper (age 26) died.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 15th October 1872 [his wife] Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury died.
On 8th January 1873 [his son-in-law] Harry Chichester 2nd Baron Templemore (age 51) and Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper Baroness Templemore (age 35) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Templemore of Templemore in Donegal. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 71) and Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury. They were fifth cousins.
Around 1877. John Collier (age 26). Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 75).
Before 5th October 1878 Francis Grant (age 75). Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 77).
On 1st October 1885 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 84) died. His son Anthony (age 54) succeeded 8th Earl Shaftesbury, 8th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 9th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooper 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury 
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ashley Lady Cooper 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: 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 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall in Hertfordshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Montagu 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Spencer 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Montagu 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Baynard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Baynard
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula Stapleton 
Father: Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward des Bouverie
Great x 2 Grandfather: William des Bouverie 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jacob de la Forterie
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne de la Foterie
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Urry of Mill Place, Isle of Wight
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Urry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Urry Lady Bouverie
GrandMother: Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholemew Clarke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Clarke
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Digby 2nd Earl Bristol 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Russell Countess Bristol 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Winston Churchill 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Jennings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thornhurst
GrandFather: George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor Bromham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor Bromham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Searle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough
Mother: Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Russell 4th Duke Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child
GrandMother: Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England