Earl of Shaftesbury
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The title of Earl of Shaftesbury was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II. Lord Shaftesbury holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Ashley, of Wimborne St Giles in the County of Dorset (1661), and Baron Cooper, of Paullet in the County of Somerset (1672), both in the Peerage of England. When there is an heir apparent he uses the former as a courtesy title.
The family seat is Ashley House, near Wimborne St Giles in Dorset.
Earls of Shaftesbury (1672)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury (1652-1699)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury (1711-1771)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury (1761-1811)
- Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (1768-1851)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (1831-1886)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869-1961)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938-2004)
- Anthony Nils Christian Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury (1977-2005)
- Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury (born 1979)
There is no heir to the Earldom of Shaftesbury.