Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, OStJ, TD, DL (4 October 1900 – 8 March 1947), was a British Army officer.

[3] However, at age 46, Ashley died unexpectedly of heart disease before his father, making his son, also named Anthony Ashley-Cooper, heir apparent, inheriting the earldom in 1961 upon the death of his grandfather, the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury.

[6] Soon after, on 25 May 1929, he was seconded away from the regiment[7] to serve, from 19 August, as an aide-de-camp to Sir Frederick Sykes, Governor of Bombay,[8] and restored to the establishment on 19 April 1930.

[13] Major Lord Ashley was transferred to the Intelligence Corps on 22 July 1940,[14] having requested to serve as a captain during World War II.

While Major Lord Ashley was trained at Coleshill House near Highworth, Wiltshire, specific details regarding his assignments and operational base remain classified.