Paternal Family Tree: Cooper
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Clarke -1739
Before 1758 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 46] and Susannah Noel Countess Shaftesbury [aged 47] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. She the daughter of Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough and Dorothy Manners Countess Gainsborough. He the son of [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and [his grandmother] Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury. They were second cousins.
Before 17th September 1761 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] and [his mother] Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of [his grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury and [his grandmother] Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury.
On 17th September 1761 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 50] and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 30].
Around 1771 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 9] educated at Winchester College, Winchester.
On 27th May 1771 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 60] died. His son Anthony [aged 9] succeeded 5th Earl Shaftesbury, 5th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 6th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
In 1785 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 23] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 17th July 1786 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 24] and Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 55]. They were sixth cousins.
On 19th October 1788 [his daughter] Barbara Ashley-Cooper Baroness Mauley was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 27] and [his wife] Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury [aged 26]. She married 8th August 1814 William Francis Spencer Ponsonby 1st Baron de Mauley, son of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl Bessborough and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough, and had issue.
In 1796 [his brother] Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough [aged 56] and Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough [aged 52]. He the son of [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury and [his mother] Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 65]. They were third cousin twice removed.
On 12th November 1804 [his mother] Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury [aged 74] died.
On 14th May 1811 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury [aged 49] died. His brother Cropley [aged 42] succeeded 6th Earl Shaftesbury, 6th Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles, 7th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury [aged 38] by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
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On 5th October 1819 [his former wife] Barbara Webb Countess Shaftesbury [aged 57] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooper
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cooper 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Skutt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury 
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Ashley Lady Cooper
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Okeover
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cope 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 
10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 
19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 
11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
father: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall in Hertfordshire
Grandmother: Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Montagu 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Spencer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Montagu 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Baynard
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Baynard 25 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stapleton 
23 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Stapleton 24 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Olive Sharington
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 5th Earl Shaftesbury 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward des Bouverie
Great x 1 Grandfather: William des Bouverie 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jacob de la Forterie
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne de la Foterie
Grandfather: Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Urry of Mill Place, Isle of Wight
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Urry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Urry Lady Bouverie
mother: Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bartholemew Clarke
Grandmother: Mary Clarke