He was the third child and second son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury and his wife, Lady Emily Cowper, eldest daughter of Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and sister of William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple. He was private secretary to Lord Palmerston and later published a biography of him. After entering Parliament in 1874, Ashley served under William Ewart Gladstone as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1880 to 1882 and as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1882 to 1885.
Ashley was married on July 28, 1866 to Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (died August 31, 1886), daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet, by whom he had two children. Following his first wife's death, he was married on June 30, 1891 to Lady Alice Cole (died August 25, 1931), daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
His burial in Romsey Abbey is attested to by A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Ashley was married on July 28, 1866 to Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (died August 31, 1886), daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet, by whom he had two children. Following his first wife's death, he was married on June 30, 1891 to Lady Alice Cole (died August 25, 1931), daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
His burial in Romsey Abbey is attested to by A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
He was the third child and second son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury and his wife, Lady Emily Cowper, eldest daughter of Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and sister of William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple. He was private secretary to Lord Palmerston and later published a biography of him. After entering Parliament in 1874, Ashley served under William Ewart Gladstone as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1880 to 1882 and as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1882 to 1885.
Ashley was married on July 28, 1866 to Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (died August 31, 1886), daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet, by whom he had two children. Following his first wife's death, he was married on June 30, 1891 to Lady Alice Cole (died August 25, 1931), daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
His burial in Romsey Abbey is attested to by A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Ashley was married on July 28, 1866 to Sybella Charlotte Farquhar (died August 31, 1886), daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet, by whom he had two children. Following his first wife's death, he was married on June 30, 1891 to Lady Alice Cole (died August 25, 1931), daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
His burial in Romsey Abbey is attested to by A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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