Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley (October 4, 1900 – March 8, 1947) was an English nobleman descending from a line of Earls.

He was born the eldest son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (August 31, 1869-March 25, 1961) and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor (August 22, 1875-July 8, 1957).

Lord Ashley had two wives, Sylvia Hawkes (married February 3, 1927-divorced November 28, 1934), and Françoise Soulier (married March 31, 1937-his death).

He and the French-born Soulier had two children, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (born May 22, 1938-November 2004) and Lady Frances Mary Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper (born April 9, 1940).

Lord Ashley shocked London society by marrying Sylvia, an English model and actress from the chorus line. After she began an affair with American actor Douglas Fairbanks he divorced her, naming Fairbanks as co-respondent.

Though he was in line to inherit the earldom, Lord Ashley died at age forty-six. Therefore, his son inherited the title upon the death of his grandfather.

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