COOPER, Anthony Ashley (1711-71)

Succeeding to the earldom as a minor, Shaftesbury’s political and parliamentary career as a Whig in opposition to Robert Walpole* [192], earl of Orford, will be examined in later phases of this work. Shaftesbury died on 27 May 1771 and was succeeded in the earldom by his son Anthony Ashley Cooper^† as 5th earl of Shaftesbury.