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b. 22 July 1621, 1st s. of Sir John Cooper, 1st bt.† of Rockbourne, Hants, and Anne, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st bt.† of Wimborne St Giles; bro. of George Cooper*. educ. privately (Aaron Guerdon) 1627-37; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 24 Mar. 1637;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 18 Jan. 1638.LI Admiss. 234. m. (1) 25 Feb. 1639, Margaret (d. 11 July 1649), da. of Sir Thomas Coventry†, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, s.p.; (2) 15 Apr. 1650, Frances (d. 31 Dec. 1652), da. of David Cecil†, 3rd earl of Exeter, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 30 Aug. 1655, Margaret, da. of William Spencer†, 2nd Baron Spencer, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 23 Mar. 1631. cr. Baron Ashley, 20 Apr. 1661; earl of Shaftesbury, 23 Apr. 1672. FRS 1663. d. 22 Jan. 1683.CP; HP Commons 1660-1690; PRO30/24/6A/385.
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Local: dep. lt. Dorset 1642 – 44, 26 July 1660; Wilts. 24 July 1660.SP29/8, f. 67; PRO30/24/1/18. Commr. contributions (roy.), Dorset 21 Sept. 1643; rebels’ estates (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73, 75. oyer and terminer (roy.), 6 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 81. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 3, 328. Western circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 8, 377; C181/7, pp. 8, 635. London 9 Dec. 1672–?;C181/7, p. 630. Norf., Oxf., Home, Northern, Midland circs. 3 Feb. 1673–? 1643 – ?74C181/7, pp. 634, 641. J.p. Dorset 31 Oct.; Wilts. 10 Aug. 1646 – ?74; Mdx. Oct. 1653–?1659.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. appx 2, p. xxxvii; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94; C231/6, pp. 45, 273. Sheriff, Dorset 1643; Wilts. 1 Dec. 1646–11 Feb. 1648.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 154; Christie, Shaftesbury, i. appx 2, p. xlvii. Commr. impressment (roy.), Dorset 14 Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 111. Member, Dorset co. cttee. 14 Aug. 1644.PRO30/24/2/44. Commr. assessment, Dorset, Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dorset militia, 24 July 1648; LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. tendering Engagement, Dorset 1650; ejecting scandalous ministers, Dorset, Poole, Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Poole 24 Feb. 1655, 20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 95, 357. Oxf. 25 Nov. 1672;C181/7, p. 629. sewers, Som. Nov. 1657-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 268, 394; C181/7, p. 24. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. Mdx. and Westminster 28 Jan. 1673.C181/7, p. 632. V.-adm. Hants Apr. 1660–1.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, Dorset, Mdx., Wilts. 1660;SR. highways, London and Westminster 8 May 1662-aft. Apr. 1663.C181/7, pp. 143, 193; HP Commons 1660–1690. Ld. lt. Dorset 1672–4.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Military: col. of ft. and capt. of horse (roy.), 1643–4. Gov. Weymouth 1643. Field-marshal-gen. Dorset (parlian.), c.Aug. 1644-Apr. 1646.Add. 29319, f. 36. Col. of horse, 13 Jan.-Nov. 1660. Gov. and capt. of ft. I.o.W. Feb. 1660–1.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 99–101; PRO30/24/1/14–17.

Civic: freeman, Poole, 1651; Salisbury 29 June 1654.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 82. High steward, Salisbury 5 Sept. 1672–d.PRO30/24/1/24. Freeman, Skinners’ Co. 1681–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652.CJ vii. 74a. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653, 19 May 1659, 2 Jan., 15 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 285a, 344a, 801a; A. and O.; TSP i. 642; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Commr. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659; care of Tower, 26 Dec. 1659. 31 May 1660 – 19 May 1672CJ vii. 797a. PC,; ld. pres. Apr.-Oct. 1679. Commr. trade, Nov. 1660–72. Treas. for prizes, 20 Jan. 1665–7. Ld. of treasury, 1667–72. Commr. union with Scotland, 1670. Pres. trade and plantations, 1672–4. Ld. chan. 1672–4.HP Commons 1660–1690; PRO30/24/1/21.

Colonial: member, cttee. for Virg. and cttee. for Barbados, 29 Dec. 1653;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 412. Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works, 1662; gov. 1663–d. Asst. Royal Adventurers into Africa by 1664–1671. Ld. prop. Carolina, 1663–d. Member, Hudson’s Bay Co. 1668–73; dep. gov. 1673 – 74; cttee. 1674–5. Sub-gov. Royal Africa Co. 1672–3; asst. 1674–7.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Legal: bencher, L. Inn 28 Jan. 1673.LI Black Bks. iii. 87.

: 2nd bt (1621-83), of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset 1621 – 83.
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?miniature, S. Cooper, 1666-70;V. and A. oil on canvas, circle of P. Lely, c. 1672;Raynham Hall, Norf. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Greenhill, 1672-3;Althorp, Northants. oil on canvas, aft. J. Greenhill;NPG. oil on canvas, circle of A. Hanneman;St John’s Coll. Camb. red chalk drawing, C. Beale;BM. line engraving, A. Blooteling, 1673;BM; NPG. mezzotint, E. Lutterell, 1673;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1673;BM. line engraving, W. Bouterman, 1678;NPG. line engraving, R. White, 1679;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1679;BM. line engraving, R. White, 1680;BM; NPG. medal, G. Bower, 1681.BM.

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Commons 1640-1660
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COOPER, Sir Anthony Ashley, 2nd bt (1621-83), of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset

Will
17 Jan. 1683, pr. 4 Feb. 1684.PROB11/375/136.
Estates
according to one account, on d. of his father, Cooper inherited manors of Purton, Lydiard Millicent, Martin, Lea, Cleverton, Whitchurch and Milbourne, lands in Westborough and Downton, and rectory of South Damerham, Wilts.; manor and hundred of Wimborne St Giles, manors of Wimborne French, Phillipston, Gussage All Saints, Kingston, Hinton Martin, Chalbury and Didlington, Dorset; lands in Derbs., including Findern, Mickleover par.; manor of Whitsbury in Hants and Wilts.; and Black Bull messuage, Holborn, Mdx.Sales of Wards in Som. 1603-41 ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 97-101. The Hampshire lands of inheritance included the manor of Rockbourne.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. 7. A 1638 ‘particular’ also includes manors of All Saints Wimborne in Dorset and Paulett manor in Wilts., and estimates a yearly revenue of £2,349, with the potential for improvement increasing the value to £7,007 p.a.PRO30/24/2, ff. 147-53. By 1642 the actual income may have been as much as £8,000 p.a.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. 11-12. Plantation in Barbados (105 acres) purchased c.Mar. 1646, sold for £1,020 in 1655.Oxford DNB.
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