Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Bt (22 May 1938 – c. 5 November 2004), styled Lord Ashley between 1947 and 1961, and Earl of Shaftesbury from 1961 until his death, was a British peer from Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England. He was the son of Major Lord Ashley and Françoise Soulier.

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Shaftesbury

Lord Shaftesbury in Nice, 2004
Tenure1961–2004
PredecessorAnthony Ashley-Cooper,
9th Earl of Shaftesbury
SuccessorAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury
Other titlesBaron Ashley
of Wimborne St Giles
Baron Cooper of Pawlett
Known forPhilanthropy; conservation
BornAnthony Ashley-Cooper
(1938-05-22)22 May 1938
London, England
Diedc. 5 November 2004(2004-11-05) (aged 66)
Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Cause of deathMurder by asphyxiation
Body discoveredThéoule-sur-Mer,
Alpes-Maritime, France
BuriedParish Church
at Wimborne St Giles
ResidenceNice, France;
St Giles House in
Wimborne St Giles
Spouse(s)
Bianca de Paolis
(m. 1966; div. 1976)
    Christina Montan
    (m. 1976; div. 2000)
      (m. 2002, murdered him 2004)
      IssueAnthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury
      Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
      FatherMajor Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley
      MotherFrançoise Soulier

      Lord Shaftesbury was the grandson of the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury's father was the heir apparent to the earldom and its subsidiary titles, but he predeceased his father, the 9th Earl. His death made his son next in the line of succession. When his grandfather died in 1961, Tony became the 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles and Baron Cooper of Pawlett.

      The 10th Earl of Shaftesbury was a wealthy landowner of over 9,000 acres (3,600 ha) in East Dorset, and received honours and awards for his philanthropic and conservationist work, which included planting over a million trees in South West England. He served as president of the Shaftesbury Society, pursuing the same goals of his second great grandfather, the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, who had founded the organisation as Ragged Schools in 1840. He also served as the vice president of Sir David Attenborough's British Butterfly Conservation Society.

      In November 2004, the 10th Earl of Shaftesbury went missing while in France, prompting an international police investigation. His remains were found at the bottom of a remote ravine in the foothills of the French Alps five months after his death. Investigations revealed that he was murdered by his brother-in-law during an argument regarding a divorce from his wife, Jamila M'Barek, both of whom were convicted of his murder.

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