Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper

Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper (5 May 1807 at Wimborne St Giles, Dorset – 2 December 1858 at Clewer, Berkshire) was an English politician^[1] and cricketer with amateur status. Henry Ashley, as he was called, was a son of Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury and younger brother of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. He was an MP for Dorchester from 1831 to 1847.^[1]

As a cricketer, he was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his first-class debut in 1830.^[2]

References

1 2 History of Parliament online
↑ "Anthony Ashley-Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

Bibliography

Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Lillywhite.

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