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Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper (5 May 1807 – 2 December 1858) was an English politician[1] and cricketer with amateur status.
Ashley was born at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset in 1807, a son of Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, and younger brother of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and of Anthony William Ashley.
He was a member of parliament for Dorchester from 1831 to 1847.[1]
As a cricketer, he was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his first-class cricket debut in 1830.[2]
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