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The Right Honourable

The Earl of Shaftesbury

DL
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Shaftesbury; DL
Tenure	15 May 2005 – present
Predecessor	Anthony Ashley-Cooper,; 11th Earl of Shaftesbury
Other titles	Baron Ashley; of Wimborne St Giles,; Baron Cooper of Pawlett
Known for	Landowner
Born	Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper; 3 June 1979 (age 45); London
Residence	London and Wimborne St Giles
Spouse(s)	Dinah Streifeneder (m. 2010)
Issue	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley; Lady Viva Ashley-Cooper; Lady Zara Ashley-Cooper
Parents	The 10th Earl of Shaftesbury; Christina Eva Montan
Website	shaftesburyestates.com; stgileshouse.com

Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, DL (born 3 June 1979), also known as Nick Ashley-Cooper or Nick Shaftesbury, is an English peer and landowner. He succeeded his brother as Earl of Shaftesbury in 2005.

He also holds the subsidiary titles Baron Ashley and Baron Cooper.

Early life[edit]

Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938–2004), and his second wife Christina Eva Montan (born c. 1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany.

He had an elder brother, Anthony Nils Christian Ashley-Cooper (1977–2005), who in 2004 became 11th Earl of Shaftesbury, and also an elder half-brother and half-sister from Lady Shaftesbury's first marriage.^[1]

He was educated at Eton College, however, he quit Eton at the age of 16 because he claimed he "hated the ethos and routines".

Ashley-Cooper went on to dabble in a number of start-up companies, none of which were successful and then emigrated to New York where he was a part time DJ and musician in bars and clubs around Manhattan.^[1]

Father's murder[edit]

His father, the 10th Earl, was murdered in November 2004 by his third wife, Jamila M'Barek, a Playboy model turned prostitute, and her brother Mohammad.

The 10th Earl and M'Barek were separated in 2004 and divorce proceedings were set in motion. By that time, he had given her a windmill in the Gers region of southwestern France, the €700,000 duplex in a villa in Cannes, which included staff, a car, and a monthly allowance, ranging between €7,500 and €10,000. Lord Shaftesbury wanted to end this arrangement and the marriage so he could marry Nadia Orche. Orche, was a young mother of two children who has been described as a "club hostess from Cannes" and a "Moroccan prostitute".^[2] According to Orche, Lord Shaftesbury was planning to marry her after getting a divorce from his third wife.^[2]^[3]

However, during a dispute with Jamila M'Barek, a fight broke out between the 10th Earl and his brother-in-law, Mohammed M'Barek. The 10th Earl died during the fight when his brother-in-law strangled him, breaking his neck.^[4]

Both were convicted of his murder. Jamila M'Barek received a 25-year prison sentence as an accomplice to the murder, reduced to 20 on appeal, and was released in 2016 having served nine years.^[5]

Brother's death[edit]

Six months later, on 15 May 2005, the 11th Earl died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York, while visiting his younger brother, and Ashley-Cooper then unexpectedly succeeded him in the earldom.^[6]

The Daily Telegraph described the 12th Earl as "a tattooed young raver".^[7] He then relocated to his family home from New York City and accepted the title of Earl.

Shaftesbury Estates[edit]

Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset is the home base and centre of business of the Ashley-Cooper family.^[8] Built in 1651, the family seat of St Giles House had fallen into disrepair as it had been unoccupied for approximately 60 years. In 2001, St Giles House was recorded on the Register of Buildings at Risk, as a Grade I listed building, indicating neglect and decay. Buildings recorded on the Grade I list include those of "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".^[9]

Discussions regarding future use of St Giles House and the estate have been resumed following inheritance by the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury.^[10] Work on the house began in 2011 and since then the restoration has won national awards including the 2014 Georgian Group Awards for the Restoration of a Georgian Country House, the 2015 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Award for Building Conservation, the 2015 Historic Houses Association/Sotheby's Restoration Award, and the Historic England Angel Award, Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Site.^[11] During the Second World War, the house was requisitioned and used as a school for girls evacuated from London, Miss Faunce's Parents' National Union School. At that time, the family took up residence at the dower house, known as Mainsail Haul.^[12]

Lough Neagh controversy[edit]

Lord Shaftesbury also inherited the ownership of the bed and soil of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, the largest lake in Ireland or the United Kingdom.

The lough supplies 40% of the region's drinking water and is also used as a sewage outfall. Discussions over the future management of the Lough have been ongoing with the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[13]

In October 2023, after negative publicity stemming from a report revealing that Lough Neagh had experienced its worst-ever levels of harmful bacteria amid a long-term infestation of toxic algae which had been allowed to fester in the lough during the Earl's ownership,^[14] Lord Shaftesbury stated in an interview with BBC Northern Ireland that while he was open to selling Lough Neagh to the Northern Ireland Assembly, he would "not give it away for free." He stated in the interview that "the sale is one that's borne out of an understanding that my ownership has always been very divisive and quite political and I always get blamed for things that are completely outside of my control. I feel it's often used as an excuse for political inaction and I always want to do the right thing by the people living here and what's in the best interest of the lough."^[15]

Personal life[edit]

In 2010, Lord Shaftesbury married Dinah Streifeneder, a veterinary surgeon from Munich, in Dorset.^[16]^[11]

The couple have three children. Their son, Anthony Francis Wolfgang Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, born on 24 January 2011, is his father's heir apparent and the only person in the line of succession to the earldom.

A daughter, Lady Viva Constance Lillemor Ashley-Cooper, was born in 2012, and another daughter, Lady Zara Emily Tove Ashley-Cooper, in 2014.^[7]

Shaftesbury is an ambassador for the spinal cord injuries charity Wings for Life, which he began supporting following his own spinal injury. He has competed in several marathons and ultramarathons to benefit charitable organisations.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^{[unreliable source?]}

In 2019, he was commissioned to the honorary position of Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.^[21]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Baxter, Sarah (12 June 2005). "The murder, the curse and the DJ earl". London: Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b Allen, Peter (24 May 2007). "Lord Shaftesbury feared for his life, says lover". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
^ "Brother-in-law accused of murdering Earl goes berserk in dock". This Is London. 4 February 2004. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
^ Duval Smith, Alex (9 July 2006). "Fall from grace". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
^ "The murder the curse and the DJ earl". The Times. London. 12 June 2005.
^ "Bonding with charitable cause following fall". Bournemouthecho.co.uk. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b Tyzack, Anna (7 August 2015). "How a tattooed young raver unexpectedly became 12th Earl of Shaftesbury". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ Mosley, Charles editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage [Genealogical Books] Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3576. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9
^ "Listed Buildings". English Heritage. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
^ "St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles". Heritage at Risk Register. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b Owens, Mitchell (12 December 2018). "The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury Relays a Family's History Through Its House". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ East Dorset District Council Policy Planning Division Supplementary Planning Guidance No. 16 April 2006, Wimborne St Giles, East Dorset District Council, 2006
^ McAdam, Noel (10 April 2012). "Lough Neagh's future still up in the air". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
^ https://www.carbonbrief.org/lough-neagh-how-climate-change-intensified-toxic-algae-on-the-uks-largest-lake/#:~:text=Lough%20Neagh%20%E2%80%93%20a%20lake%20in,the%20scale%20of%20the%20situation.
^ 'Earl of Shaftesbury open to Lough Neagh sale but won't give it away' (BBC Northern Ireland, 4 October 2023). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66996132.amp
^ "Wedding joy for 12th Earl". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ AbleChildAfrica (26 October 2008). "Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for AbleChildAfrica". Justgiving.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^ Child-Link (17 May 2009). "Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for Child-Link". Justgiving.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^ "Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2013 Official Website". 4deserts.com. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
^ "The Great Shaftesbury Run". TGSR. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
^ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Dorset Lieutenancy". The London Gazette. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

External links[edit]

Peerage of England
Preceded by Anthony Ashley-Cooper	Earl of Shaftesbury 2005–present	Incumbent

[baxter1-1] Baxter, Sarah (12 June 2005). "The murder, the curse and the DJ earl". London: Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2010.

[telegraph6-2] Allen, Peter (24 May 2007). "Lord Shaftesbury feared for his life, says lover". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

[3] "Brother-in-law accused of murdering Earl goes berserk in dock". This Is London. 4 February 2004. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

[guardian2006-4] Duval Smith, Alex (9 July 2006). "Fall from grace". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

[5] "The murder the curse and the DJ earl". The Times. London. 12 June 2005.

[bournemouthecho1-6] "Bonding with charitable cause following fall". Bournemouthecho.co.uk. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

[dt8715-7] Tyzack, Anna (7 August 2015). "How a tattooed young raver unexpectedly became 12th Earl of Shaftesbury". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

[autogenerated3576-8] Mosley, Charles editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage [Genealogical Books] Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3576. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9

[english-heritage1-9] "Listed Buildings". English Heritage. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

[10] "St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles". Heritage at Risk Register. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

[AD-11] Owens, Mitchell (12 December 2018). "The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury Relays a Family's History Through Its House". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[12] East Dorset District Council Policy Planning Division Supplementary Planning Guidance No. 16 April 2006, Wimborne St Giles, East Dorset District Council, 2006

[Lough_Neaghs_future_unclear-13] McAdam, Noel (10 April 2012). "Lough Neagh's future still up in the air". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

[14] ttps://www.carbonbrief.org/lough-neagh-how-climate-change-intensified-toxic-algae-on-the-uks-largest-lake/#:~:text=Lough%20Neagh%20%E2%80%93%20a%20lake%20in,the%20scale%20of%20the%20situation.

[15] 'Earl of Shaftesbury open to Lough Neagh sale but won't give it away' (BBC Northern Ireland, 4 October 2023). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66996132.amp

[16] "Wedding joy for 12th Earl". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[17] AbleChildAfrica (26 October 2008). "Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for AbleChildAfrica". Justgiving.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

[18] Child-Link (17 May 2009). "Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for Child-Link". Justgiving.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

[atacama2-19] "Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2013 Official Website". 4deserts.com. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

[20] "The Great Shaftesbury Run". TGSR. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

[DL-21] "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Dorset Lieutenancy". The London Gazette. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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-'''Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury''', [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (born 3 June 1979), also known as '''Nick Ashley-Cooper''' or '''Nick Shaftesbury''', is an English peer and landowner. He succeeded his brother as [[Earl of Shaftesbury]] in 2005.
+'''Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury''', [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (born 3 June 1979), also known as '''Nick Ashley-Cooper''' or '''Nick Shaftesbury''', is an [[Peerage of England|English peer]] and landowner. He succeeded his brother as [[Earl of Shaftesbury]] in 2005.
 He also holds the subsidiary titles [[Baron Ashley]] and [[Earl of Shaftesbury|Baron Cooper]].
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 [[File:12th Earl of Shaftesbury and Countess Shaftesbury.jpg|thumb|The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, after their marriage in 2010]]
-Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury]] (1938–2004), and his Swedish wife Christina Eva Montan (born c.&nbsp;1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany. His godfathers were [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster]], and Simon Elliot, later brother-in-law of [[King Charles III]].{{Fact}}
+Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury]] (1938–2004), and his second wife Christina Eva Montan (born c.&nbsp;1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany.
 He had an elder brother, [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury|Anthony Nils Christian Ashley-Cooper]] (1977–2005), who in 2004 became 11th Earl of Shaftesbury, and also an elder half-brother and half-sister from Lady Shaftesbury's first marriage.<ref name="baxter1">{{cite news |last=Baxter |first=Sarah |title=The murder, the curse and the DJ earl |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article532342.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |location=London |date=12 June 2005 |access-date=15 July 2010}}</ref>
 He was educated at [[Eton College]], however, he quit Eton at the age of 16 because he claimed he "hated the ethos and routines".
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 Ashley-Cooper went on to dabble in a number of start-up companies, none of which were successful and then emigrated to New York where he was a part time DJ and musician in bars and clubs around [[Manhattan]].<ref name="baxter1"/>
-===Fathers murder by 3rd wife===
+===Father's murder===
-His father, the 10th Earl, was murdered in November 2004 by his third wife, [[Jamila M'Barek]], a Playboy model turned prostitute, and her brother Mohammad.
+His father, the 10th Earl, was murdered in November 2004 by his third wife, [[Jamila M'Barek]], a ''[[Playboy]]'' model turned prostitute, and her brother Mohammad.
-The 10th earl and M'Barek were separated in 2004 and divorce proceedings were set in motion. By that time, he had given her a [[windmill]] in the [[Gers]] region of southwestern France, the €700,000 duplex in a villa in Cannes, which included staff, a car, and a monthly allowance, ranging between €7,500 and €10,000. Lord Shaftesbury wanted to end this arrangement and the marriage so he could marry Nadia Orche. Orche, was a young mother of two children who has been described as a "club hostess from Cannes" and a "Moroccan prostitute".<ref name="telegraph6">{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Peter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552506/Lord-Shaftesbury-feared-for-his-life-says-lover.html |title=Lord Shaftesbury feared for his life, says lover |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-access=subscription |date=2007-05-24 |access-date=2010-07-16}}</ref> According to Orche, Lord Shaftesbury was planning to marry her after getting a divorce from his third wife.<ref name="telegraph6"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23397603-details/Brother-in-law+accused+of+murdering+Earl+goes+berserk+in+dock/article.do |title=Brother-in-law accused of murdering Earl goes berserk in dock |work=[[Evening Standard#Website|This Is London]]  |date=2004-02-04 |access-date=2010-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617121236/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23397603-details/Brother-in-law+accused+of+murdering+Earl+goes+berserk+in+dock/article.do |archive-date=2009-06-17}}</ref>
+The 10th Earl and M'Barek were separated in 2004 and divorce proceedings were set in motion. By that time, he had given her a [[windmill]] in the [[Gers]] region of southwestern France, the €700,000 duplex in a villa in Cannes, which included staff, a car, and a monthly allowance, ranging between €7,500 and €10,000. Lord Shaftesbury wanted to end this arrangement and the marriage so he could marry Nadia Orche. Orche, was a young mother of two children who has been described as a "club hostess from Cannes" and a "Moroccan prostitute".<ref name="telegraph6">{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Peter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552506/Lord-Shaftesbury-feared-for-his-life-says-lover.html |title=Lord Shaftesbury feared for his life, says lover |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-access=subscription |date=24 May 2007 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> According to Orche, Lord Shaftesbury was planning to marry her after getting a divorce from his third wife.<ref name="telegraph6"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23397603-details/Brother-in-law+accused+of+murdering+Earl+goes+berserk+in+dock/article.do |title=Brother-in-law accused of murdering Earl goes berserk in dock |work=[[Evening Standard#Website|This Is London]] |date=4 February 2004 |access-date=4 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617121236/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23397603-details/Brother-in-law+accused+of+murdering+Earl+goes+berserk+in+dock/article.do |archive-date=17 June 2009}}</ref>
-However, a fight broke out between the 10th Earl and his brother-in-law, Mohammed M'Barek during a dispute with Jamila M'Barek. The 10th Earl died during the fight when his brother-in-law strangled him, breaking his neck.<ref name="guardian2006">{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Duval Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/09/ukcrime.france |title=Fall from grace |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2010-07-04 |location=London |date=2006-07-09}}</ref>
+However, during a dispute with Jamila M'Barek, a fight broke out between the 10th Earl and his brother-in-law, Mohammed M'Barek. The 10th Earl died during the fight when his brother-in-law strangled him, breaking his neck.<ref name="guardian2006">{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Duval Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/09/ukcrime.france |title=Fall from grace |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 July 2010 |location=London |date=9 July 2006}}</ref>
-Both were convicted of his murder. Jamila M'Barek is currently serving a twenty-year prison sentence as an accomplice to the murder.<ref>{{cite news |title=The murder the curse and the DJ earl |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1650545,00.html |work=The Times |location=London |date=12 June 2005}}</ref>
+Both were convicted of his murder. Jamila M'Barek received a 25-year prison sentence as an accomplice to the murder, reduced to 20 on appeal, and was released in 2016 having served nine years.<ref>{{cite news |title=The murder the curse and the DJ earl |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1650545,00.html |work=The Times |location=London |date=12 June 2005}}</ref>
-===Brothers death===
+===Brother's death===
-Six months later, on 15 May 2005, the 11th Earl died of a heart attack in Manhattan New York, while visiting his younger brother, and Ashley-Cooper then unexpectedly succeeded him in the earldom.<ref name="bournemouthecho1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/features/8159614.Earl___s_special_bond_with_cause_after_fall/|title=Bonding with charitable cause following fall|date=11 May 2010|publisher=Bournemouthecho.co.uk|access-date=4 July 2010}}</ref>
+Six months later, on 15 May 2005, the 11th Earl died of a heart attack in [[Manhattan]], New York, while visiting his younger brother, and Ashley-Cooper then unexpectedly succeeded him in the earldom.<ref name="bournemouthecho1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/features/8159614.Earl___s_special_bond_with_cause_after_fall/|title=Bonding with charitable cause following fall|date=11 May 2010|publisher=Bournemouthecho.co.uk|access-date=4 July 2010}}</ref>
-''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described Ashley-Cooper as "a tattooed young raver".<ref name="dt8715"/> He then relocated to his family home from New York City and accepted the title of Earl.
+''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described the 12th Earl as "a tattooed young raver".<ref name="dt8715"/> He then relocated to his family home from New York City and accepted the title of Earl.
 == Shaftesbury Estates ==
 {{main|St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles}}
 [[File:Riding House in St.Giles Park by Taylor & Porter.jpg|thumb|17th-century Riding House]]
+[[File:St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles.jpg|thumb|St Giles House]]
-Wimborne St Giles in [[East Dorset]] is the home base and centre of business of the Ashley-Coopers.<ref name="autogenerated3576">Mosley, Charles editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage,'' 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage [Genealogical Books] Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3576. {{ISBN|978-0-9711966-2-9}}</ref>
+[[File:Wfm_lough_neagh.jpg|thumb|[[Lough Neagh]]]]
+Wimborne St Giles in [[East Dorset]] is the home base and centre of business of the Ashley-Cooper family.<ref name="autogenerated3576">Mosley, Charles editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage,'' 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage [Genealogical Books] Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3576. {{ISBN|978-0-9711966-2-9}}</ref> Built in 1651, the family seat of St Giles House had fallen into disrepair as it had been unoccupied for approximately 60 years.  In 2001, St Giles House was recorded on the [[Heritage at Risk Register|Register of Buildings at Risk]], as a Grade I listed building, indicating neglect and decay. Buildings recorded on the Grade I list include those of "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".<ref name="english-heritage1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/|title=Listed Buildings|year=2012|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|access-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126151823/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings|archive-date=26 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
-[[File:St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles.jpg|thumb|left|St Giles House]]
-Built in 1651, the family seat of St Giles House had fallen into disrepair as it had been unoccupied for approximately 60 years.
+Discussions regarding future use of St Giles House and the estate have been resumed following inheritance by the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles |url=http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/2010.aspx?id=1250&rt=0&pn=1&st=a&ctype=all&crit=st+giles+house |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826062606/http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/2010.aspx?id=1250&rt=0&pn=1&st=a&ctype=all&crit=st+giles+house |archive-date=26 August 2011 |access-date=17 November 2010 |website=Heritage at Risk Register |publisher=English Heritage}}</ref> Work on the house began in 2011 and since then the restoration has won national awards including the 2014 [[Georgian Group]] Awards for the Restoration of a Georgian Country House, the 2015 [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] (RICS) Award for Building Conservation, the 2015 [[Historic Houses Association]]/[[Sotheby's]] Restoration Award, and the Historic England Angel Award, Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Site.<ref name="AD"/> During the [[Second World War]], the house was requisitioned and used as a school for girls evacuated from London, Miss Faunce's Parents' National Union School. At that time, the family took up residence at the [[dower house]], known as Mainsail Haul.<ref>[http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=134057&filetype=pdf ''East Dorset District Council Policy Planning Division Supplementary Planning Guidance No. 16 April 2006, Wimborne St Giles'', East Dorset District Council, 2006]</ref>
-In 2001, St Giles House was recorded on the [[Heritage at Risk Register|Register of Buildings at Risk]], as a Grade I listed building, indicating neglect and decay. Buildings recorded on the Grade I list include those of "exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important".<ref name="english-heritage1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/|title=Listed Buildings|year=2012|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|access-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126151823/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings|archive-date=26 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
+===Lough Neagh controversy===
-Discussions regarding future use of St Giles House and the estate have been resumed following inheritance by the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles |url=http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/2010.aspx?id=1250&rt=0&pn=1&st=a&ctype=all&crit=st+giles+house |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826062606/http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/2010.aspx?id=1250&rt=0&pn=1&st=a&ctype=all&crit=st+giles+house |archive-date=26 August 2011 |access-date=17 November 2010 |website=Heritage at Risk Register |publisher=English Heritage}}</ref> Work on the house began in 2011 and since then the restoration has won national awards including the 2014 [[Georgian Group]] Awards for the Restoration of a Georgian Country House, the 2015 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Award for Building Conservation, the 2015 [[Historic Houses Association]]/[[Sotheby's]] Restoration Award, and the Historic England Angel Award, Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Site.<ref name="AD"/>
+Lord Shaftesbury also inherited the ownership of the bed and soil of [[Lough Neagh]] in [[Northern Ireland]], the largest lake in [[Ireland]] or the [[United Kingdom]].
+The [[Loch|lough]] supplies 40% of the region's [[drinking water]] and is also used as a [[sewage]] outfall. Discussions over the future management of the Lough have been ongoing with the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]].<ref name="Lough Neaghs future unclear">{{cite news |last=McAdam |first=Noel |title=Lough Neagh's future still up in the air |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/lough-neaghs-future-still-up-in-air-after-owner-meets-minister-30171742.html |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref>
-;Mainsail Haul
-During World War II, the house was requisitioned and used as a school for girls evacuated from London, called '''Miss Faunce's''' Parents' National Union '''School'''. At that time, the family took up residence at the [[dower house]], known as Mainsail Haul.<ref>[http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=134057&filetype=pdf ''East Dorset District Council Policy Planning Division Supplementary Planning Guidance No. 16 April 2006, Wimborne St Giles'', East Dorset District Council, 2006]</ref>
+In October 2023, after negative publicity stemming from a report revealing that Lough Neagh had experienced its worst-ever levels of harmful bacteria amid a long-term infestation of toxic algae which had been allowed to fester in the lough during the Earl's ownership,<ref>https://www.carbonbrief.org/lough-neagh-how-climate-change-intensified-toxic-algae-on-the-uks-largest-lake/#:~:text=Lough%20Neagh%20%E2%80%93%20a%20lake%20in,the%20scale%20of%20the%20situation.</ref> Lord Shaftesbury stated in an interview with [[BBC Northern Ireland]] that while he was open to selling Lough Neagh to the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]], he would "not give it away for free." He stated in the interview that "the sale is one that's borne out of an understanding that my ownership has always been very divisive and quite political and I always get blamed for things that are completely outside of my control. I feel it's often used as an excuse for political inaction and I always want to do the right thing by the people living here and what's in the best interest of the lough."<ref> 'Earl of Shaftesbury open to Lough Neagh sale but won't give it away' ([[BBC Northern Ireland]], 4 October 2023). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66996132.amp</ref>
-;Lough Neagh
-{{main|Lough Neagh}}
-Ashley-Cooper owns the bed and soil of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, the largest lake in the United Kingdom. The lough supplies 40 per cent of the region's [[drinking water]] and is also used as a [[sewage]] outfall (in a system only permissible through British [[Crown immunity]]). Discussions over the future management of the Lough have been ongoing with the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]].<ref name="Lough Neaghs future unclear">{{cite news |last=McAdam |first=Noel |title=Lough Neagh's future still up in the air |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/lough-neaghs-future-still-up-in-air-after-owner-meets-minister-30171742.html |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref>
 ==Personal life==
-In 2010, Ashley-Cooper married Dinah Streifeneder, veterinary surgeon from [[Munich]]), in Dorset.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8385591.wedding-joy-for-12th-earl/ |title=Wedding joy for 12th Earl |work=[[Bournemouth Daily Echo]] |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="AD">{{cite news |last1=Owens |first1=Mitchell |title=The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury Relays a Family's History Through Its House |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/nicholas-ashley-cooper-12th-earl-of-shaftesbury-st-giles-house |access-date=17 December 2018 |publisher=Architectural Digest |date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
+In 2010, Lord Shaftesbury married Dinah Streifeneder, a veterinary surgeon from [[Munich]], in [[Dorset]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8385591.wedding-joy-for-12th-earl/ |title=Wedding joy for 12th Earl |work=[[Bournemouth Daily Echo]] |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="AD">{{cite news |last1=Owens |first1=Mitchell |title=The 12th Earl of Shaftesbury Relays a Family's History Through Its House |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/nicholas-ashley-cooper-12th-earl-of-shaftesbury-st-giles-house |access-date=17 December 2018 |publisher=Architectural Digest |date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
 The couple have three children. Their son, Anthony Francis Wolfgang Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley, born on 24 January 2011, is his father's [[heir apparent]] and the only person in the line of succession to the earldom.
-A daughter, Lady Viva Constance Lillemor Ashley-Cooper, was in 2012, and another daughter, Lady Zara Emily Tove Ashley-Cooper, in 2014.<ref name="dt8715">{{cite news|last1=Tyzack|first1=Anna|title=How a tattooed young raver unexpectedly became 12th Earl of Shaftesbury|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11789538/How-a-tattooed-young-raver-unexpectedly-became-12th-Earl-of-Shaftesbury.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809223414/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11789538/How-a-tattooed-young-raver-unexpectedly-became-12th-Earl-of-Shaftesbury.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2015|access-date=26 June 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=7 August 2015|language=en}}</ref>
+A daughter, Lady Viva Constance Lillemor Ashley-Cooper, was born in 2012, and another daughter, Lady Zara Emily Tove Ashley-Cooper, in 2014.<ref name="dt8715">{{cite news|last1=Tyzack|first1=Anna|title=How a tattooed young raver unexpectedly became 12th Earl of Shaftesbury|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11789538/How-a-tattooed-young-raver-unexpectedly-became-12th-Earl-of-Shaftesbury.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809223414/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11789538/How-a-tattooed-young-raver-unexpectedly-became-12th-Earl-of-Shaftesbury.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2015|access-date=26 June 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=7 August 2015|language=en}}</ref>
-Shaftesbury is an ambassador for the spinal cord injuries charity Wings For Life, which he began supporting following his own spinal injury. Shaftesbury has competed in several marathons and ultra-marathons to benefit charitable organisations.<ref>{{cite web |author=AbleChildAfrica |url=http://www.justgiving.com/nickashleycooper.1463997 |title=Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for AbleChildAfrica |publisher=Justgiving.com |date=26 October 2008 |access-date=18 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405091021/http://www.justgiving.com/nickashleycooper.1463997 |archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Child-Link |url=http://www.justgiving.com/nickashleycooper |title=Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for Child-Link |publisher=Justgiving.com |date=17 May 2009 |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="atacama2">{{cite web |url=http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing/rtpactp.php?SID=3&SBID=FAR_278 |title=Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2013 Official Website |publisher=4deserts.com |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911165940/http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing/rtpactp.php?SID=3&SBID=FAR_278 |archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaftesburyestates.com/shaftesbury-run/ |title=The Great Shaftesbury Run |publisher=TGSR |access-date=14 April 2011}}</ref>{{RS}}
+Shaftesbury is an ambassador for the spinal cord injuries charity Wings for Life, which he began supporting following his own spinal injury. He has competed in several marathons and [[ultramarathon]]s to benefit charitable organisations.<ref>{{cite web |author=AbleChildAfrica |url=http://www.justgiving.com/nickashleycooper.1463997 |title=Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for AbleChildAfrica |publisher=Justgiving.com |date=26 October 2008 |access-date=18 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405091021/http://www.justgiving.com/nickashleycooper.1463997 |archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Child-Link |url=http://www.justgiving.com/nickashleycooper |title=Nick Ashley-Cooper is fundraising for Child-Link |publisher=Justgiving.com |date=17 May 2009 |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="atacama2">{{cite web |url=http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing/rtpactp.php?SID=3&SBID=FAR_278 |title=Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2013 Official Website |publisher=4deserts.com |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911165940/http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing/rtpactp.php?SID=3&SBID=FAR_278 |archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaftesburyestates.com/shaftesbury-run/ |title=The Great Shaftesbury Run |publisher=TGSR |access-date=14 April 2011}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2023}}
+In 2019, he was commissioned to the honorary position of [[Deputy lieutenant|Deputy Lord Lieutenant]] of Dorset.<ref name="DL">{{cite web |date=21 June 2019 |title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Dorset Lieutenancy |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3312710 |access-date=1 January 2022 |website=The London Gazette |language=en}}</ref>
-In 2019, he was commissioned to the honorary position of [[Deputy lieutenant|Deputy Lord Lieutenant]] of [[Dorset]].<ref name="DL">{{cite web |date=21 June 2019 |title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions DORSET LIEUTENANCY |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3312710 |access-date=1 January 2022 |website=The London Gazette |language=en}}</ref>
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