Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, GCVO, CBE, PC (31 August 1869–25 March 1961) was a British peer, the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury.

He married Lady Constance Grosvenor (22 August 1875 – 8 July 1957), daughter of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, on 15 July 1899. They had four children:

• Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper, styled Lord Ashley (4 October 1900 – 8 March 1947), married Edith Hawkes and had issue.
• Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper (3 October 1902 – 2 August 1936), married Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington of Crichel and had issue.
• Lady Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper (b. 29 April 1907), married Anthony Head, 1st Viscount Head and had issue.
• Major The Hon. Anthony John Percy Hugh Michael Ashley-Cooper (5 October 1915 – 1986), married Julian Petherick; no issue.

Lord Shaftesbury was Lord Lieutenant of Belfast from 1904 to 1911, Lord Lieutenant of Antrim from 1911 to 1916, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 1916 to 1952, and Lord Steward from 1922 to 1936.

He died in 1961 and his titles passed to his grandson, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley.

Honorary Titles
Preceded by Unknown	Lord Lieutenant of Belfast 1904–1911	Succeeded by Viscount Pirrie
Preceded by Francis Edmund Workman-Macnaghten	Lord Lieutenant of Antrim 1911–1916	Succeeded by Viscount Massereene and Ferrard
Preceded by John Mount Batten	Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1916–1952	Succeeded by The Lord Digby
Political offices
Preceded by Daniel Dixon	Lord Mayor of Belfast 1907–1908	Succeeded by Robert Anderson
Preceded by New office	Lord Chamberlain to The Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary 1901–1922	Succeeded by The Marquess of Anglesey
Preceded by The Viscount Farquhar	Lord Steward 1922–1936	Succeeded by The Duke of Sutherland
Peerage of England
Preceded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper	Earl of Shaftesbury 1886–1961	Succeeded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper
	Baron Ashley 1886–1961
	Baron Cooper 1886–1961