Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury DL FRS (17 September 1761 – 14 May 1811), was a British peer.

Lord Shaftesbury married Barbara Webb, daughter of Sir John Webb, 5th Baronet, and Mary Salvain, of Odstock House, Wiltshire, on 17 July 1786.

His only child, a daughter, was Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper (19 October 1788 – 5 June 1844),[1][2] who married the 1st Baron de Mauley.

On his death, having no male heir, the title passed to his younger brother, Cropley Ashley-Cooper.

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