Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury 1938-2004

On 31st March 1937 [his father] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper [aged 36] and [his mother] Françoise Soulier were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 67] and [his grandmother] Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 61].

On 22nd May 1938 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury was born to Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper [aged 37] and Françoise Soulier.

On 8th March 1947 [his father] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper [aged 46] died.

On 25th March 1961 [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 91] died. His grandson Anthony [aged 22] succeeded 10th Earl Shaftesbury, 10th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 11th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.

In July 1966 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 28] and Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.

In July 1966 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 28] and Bianca Maria de Paolis Countess of Shaftesbury were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. They divorced in 1948 on the grounds of his adultery with an unnamed woman. There was no issue from the marriage.

On 24th June 1977 [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 11th Earl of Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 39] and [his wife] Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 37].

On 3rd June 1979 [his son] Nicholas Ashley-Cooper 12th Earl of Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 41] and [his wife] Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 39].

In 2000 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 61] and Christina Eva Montan Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 60] were divorced.

On 5th November 2002 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 64] and Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. The marriage lasted until April 2004 when he started a relationship with Nadia Orche. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

On 3rd November 2004 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 66] arrived in Nice, France to meet with his estranged wife Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 43].

On 5th November 2004, his second wedding anniversary, Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 66] was murdered by Mohammed M'Barek, brother of his wife Jamila Ben M'Barek Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 43] on her behalf. On 7th April 2005 the remains of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 10th Earl of Shaftesbury were discovered in a valley at Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes on the outskirts of Cannes. His son Anthony [aged 27] succeeded 11th Earl Shaftesbury, 11th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 12th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. He died six weeks after assuming the title following the discovery of his father's remains.

On 16th March 2013 [his former wife] Bianca Maria de Paolis Countess of Shaftesbury died.