Social Victorians/People/Shaftesbury

Also Known As

 * Family name: Ashley-Cooper
 * Earl of Shaftesbury
 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (2 June 1851 – 1 October 1885)
 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (1 October 1885 – 13 April 1886)
 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (13 April 1886 – 25 March 1961)

Timeline
1897 July 2, Friday, Mr. W. W. Ashley attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mr. W. W. Ashley (at 658) — possibly Wilfred William Ashley — was dressed as a soldier.

Demographics

 * Nationality:

Family

 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (28 April 1801 – 1 October 1885)
 * Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper (1810 – 15 October 1872)
 * Lady Victoria Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper ( – 15 February 1927)
 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886)
 * Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Anthony Evelyn Melbourne) Ashley (24 July 1836 – 15 November 1907)
 * Hon. Anthony Lionel George Ashley-Cooper (7 September 1838 – 18 August 1914)
 * Hon. Anthony Cecil Ashley-Cooper (8 August 1849 – 23 September 1932)


 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (27 June 1831 – 13 April 1886)
 * Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester ( – 14 April 1898)
 * Lady Margaret Emily Ashley-Cooper (28 September 1858 – 16 October 1931)
 * Lady Evelyn Harriet Ashley-Cooper (27 June 1865 – 22 January 1931)
 * Lady Mildred Georgiana Ashley-Cooper (25 February 1867 – 4 March 1958)
 * Lady Susan Violet Ashley-Cooper (18 July 1868 – 16 December 1938)
 * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961)
 * Lady Ethel Maud Ashley-Cooper (16 Dec 1870 – 3 September 1945)


 * Rt. Hon. Evelyn (Anthony Evelyn Melbourne) Ashley (24 July 1836 – 15 November 1907)
 * Sybella Charlotte Farquhar ( – 31 August 1886)
 * unknown daughter
 * Lt.-Col. Wilfred William Ashley, 1st and last Baron Mount Temple (13 September 1867 – 3 July 1939)
 * Lillian Blanche Georgiana Ashley (27 June 1875 – 14 September 1939)


 * Lady Alice Elizabeth Cole ( – 25 August 1931)
 * Anthony Henry Evelyn Ashley (25 February 1894 – 14 January 1921)

Notes and Questions

 * 1) The Earl of Shaftesbury and his family attended social events about this time, as did Evelyn and Alice Ashley, Wilfred William Ashley's father and step-mother.
 * 2) Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury may have been the Lord Shaftesbury who tried to marry Miss May Goelet.