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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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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> |
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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. |
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The Countess of Shaftesbury is a [[Veterinary surgery|veterinary surgeon]] by profession and has taken the lead in the restoration of St Giles House.<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> |
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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> |
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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. 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}} |
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Revision as of 13:50, 26 September 2023
The Earl of Shaftesbury DL | |
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| 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 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 | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Christina Eva Montan |
| Website | shaftesburyestates stgileshouse |
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
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. 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.[citation needed]
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]
Fathers murder by 3rd wife
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, 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.[4]
Both were convicted of his murder. Jamila M'Barek is currently serving a twenty-year prison sentence as an accomplice to the murder.[5]
Brothers 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.[6]
The Daily Telegraph described Ashley-Cooper 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
Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset is the home base and centre of business of the Ashley-Coopers.[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]
- 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.[12]
- 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.[13]
Personal life
In 2010, Ashley-Cooper married Dinah Streifeneder, veterinary surgeon from Munich), in Dorset.[14][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 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. Shaftesbury has competed in several marathons and ultra-marathons to benefit charitable organisations.[15][16][17][18][unreliable source?]
In 2019, he was commissioned to the honorary position of Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.[19]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
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