54:, and his wife Jane Ewer (c.1689–1751), daughter of a gentleman in Hertfordshire. His father died in February 1713, leaving him fatherless in infancy, as well as heir to the family titles and estates. He grew up learning about the achievements of his father and
92:
80:
95:
in 1733, less than a year after the group was created by royal charter. In light of his family’s intellectual tradition, he may have been among those trustees who, following
60:
379:
362:
136:
130:
55:
51:
123:
116:
412:
147:
34:(9 February 1711 – 27 May 1771) was a British peer and philanthropist, who was one of the leading figures in the foundation of the colony of
28:
189:
99:, saw the Georgia colony as a potential model society as well as one that addressed several more pragmatic purposes through the
163:
143:
328:
397:
159:
31:
167:
39:
245:
301:
103:. By 1750, however, Shaftesbury replaced Oglethorpe as a guiding force among the Trustees, tilting the
58:
and revering his family history. In 1732, he published a new edition of his father's influential work,
407:
402:
65:
35:
369:
21:
353:
275:
194:
96:
104:
100:
76:
265:. G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., ed. Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1836. See Preface.
115:
Shaftesbury married in 1724 his cousin Susan or
Susanna Noel (1710–1758), daughter of
391:
107:
in a more conventional direction and preparing it to become a royal colony in 1752.
83:, when he became a member of that organization at its first annual meeting in 1733.
221:
Philosophy and
Theology in a Burlesque Mode: John Toland and “The Way of Paradox.”
206:
75:
Shaftesbury also commissioned a biography of his great-grandfather and retained
198:
79:
for the project. He had become well acquainted with Martyn, Secretary to the
329:"STURT, Charles (1763-1812), of More Critchell and Brownsea Castle, Dorset"
170:, the monarch's representative in that county, from 1734 until his death.
69:
187:
Klein, Lawrence E. "Cooper, Anthony Ashley, third earl of
Shaftesbury".
25:
250:
A Life of
Anthony Ashley Cooper: First Earl of Shaftesbury: 1621-1683
122:
Secondly, in 1759 he married Mary
Bouverie (1730–1804), daughter of
93:
Trustees for the
Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
81:
Trustees for the
Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
68:; historian Benjamin Rand described the 3rd Earl as the "greatest
302:"Anthony Ashley [Cooper], 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, PC"
126:, later 1st Viscount Folkestone. Their children were:
64:. The book was among the most influential of the
61:Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
142:Lady Mary Anne Cooper (1766–1854), who married
52:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
236:. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000. Page xii.
8:
193:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
16:British peer and philanthropist (1711–1771)
349:
263:The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury
223:New York: Humanity Books, 2007. Page 42.
190:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
179:
117:Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough
7:
50:Shaftesbury was the only child of
14:
282:. Stanford University Libraries
139:, later 6th Earl of Shaftesbury
133:, later 5th Earl of Shaftesbury
91:Shaftesbury was elected to the
1:
158:Shaftesbury was elected as a
413:Fellows of the Royal Society
333:History of Parliament Online
234:Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury
207:UK public library membership
160:Fellow of the Royal Society
42:from 1734 until his death.
20:Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th
429:
376:
367:
359:
352:
168:Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
40:Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
308:. Heraldic Media Limited
246:Christie, William Dougal
162:in 1754, and was made a
119:. They had no children.
105:governance of the colony
306:cracroftspeerage.co.uk
111:Marriages and children
380:Anthony Ashley Cooper
363:Anthony Ashley Cooper
252:. Volume I. Page xvi.
199:10.1093/ref:odnb/6209
154:Honours and positions
137:Cropley Ashley Cooper
131:Anthony Ashley Cooper
66:British Enlightenment
398:Earls of Shaftesbury
87:The Georgia Trustees
370:Earl of Shaftesbury
22:Earl of Shaftesbury
354:Peerage of England
261:Martyn, Benjamin.
72:of modern times".
386:
385:
377:Succeeded by
276:"Lady Susan Noel"
219:Fouke, Daniel C.
205:(Subscription or
56:great-grandfather
420:
374:1713–1771
360:Preceded by
350:
344:
343:
341:
339:
324:
318:
317:
315:
313:
298:
292:
291:
289:
287:
272:
266:
259:
253:
243:
237:
232:Rand, Benjamin.
230:
224:
217:
211:
210:
202:
184:
166:in 1761. He was
164:Privy Counsellor
97:James Oglethorpe
428:
427:
423:
422:
421:
419:
418:
417:
388:
387:
382:
373:
365:
348:
347:
337:
335:
326:
325:
321:
311:
309:
300:
299:
295:
285:
283:
280:Kindred Britain
274:
273:
269:
260:
256:
244:
240:
231:
227:
218:
214:
204:
186:
185:
181:
176:
156:
113:
101:Oglethorpe Plan
89:
77:Benjamin Martyn
48:
17:
12:
11:
5:
426:
424:
416:
415:
410:
405:
400:
390:
389:
384:
383:
378:
375:
366:
361:
357:
356:
346:
345:
327:Thorne, R. G.
319:
293:
267:
254:
238:
225:
212:
178:
177:
175:
172:
155:
152:
151:
150:
140:
134:
124:Jacob Bouverie
112:
109:
88:
85:
47:
44:
38:and served as
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
425:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
395:
393:
381:
372:
371:
364:
358:
355:
351:
334:
330:
323:
320:
307:
303:
297:
294:
281:
277:
271:
268:
264:
258:
255:
251:
247:
242:
239:
235:
229:
226:
222:
216:
213:
208:
200:
196:
192:
191:
183:
180:
173:
171:
169:
165:
161:
153:
149:
145:
144:Charles Sturt
141:
138:
135:
132:
129:
128:
127:
125:
120:
118:
110:
108:
106:
102:
98:
94:
86:
84:
82:
78:
73:
71:
67:
63:
62:
57:
53:
46:Family legacy
45:
43:
41:
37:
33:
30:
27:
24:
23:
368:
336:. Retrieved
332:
322:
310:. Retrieved
305:
296:
284:. Retrieved
279:
270:
262:
257:
249:
241:
233:
228:
220:
215:
188:
182:
157:
121:
114:
90:
74:
59:
49:
19:
18:
408:1771 deaths
403:1711 births
392:Categories
338:18 January
312:18 January
286:18 January
209:required.)
174:References
146:, MP for
148:Bridport
36:Georgia
203:
70:Stoic
340:2023
314:2023
288:2023
195:doi
32:FRS
394::
331:.
304:.
278:.
248:.
29:PC
26:Bt
342:.
316:.
290:.
201:.
197::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.