1st Earl of Shaftesbury.
Anthony Ashley Cooper was only ten when his father died. Much of his inheritance was squandered due to the incompetence of his trustees, but the uncertainties of childhood shaped the man. "Sagacious, bold and turbulent of wit," he grew into one of the most influential statesmen of the late seventeenth century.
He did not have a daughter known as Penelope despite wishful claims by wouldbe descendants.
Anthony Ashley Cooper was only ten when his father died. Much of his inheritance was squandered due to the incompetence of his trustees, but the uncertainties of childhood shaped the man. "Sagacious, bold and turbulent of wit," he grew into one of the most influential statesmen of the late seventeenth century.
He did not have a daughter known as Penelope despite wishful claims by wouldbe descendants.
1st Earl of Shaftesbury.
Anthony Ashley Cooper was only ten when his father died. Much of his inheritance was squandered due to the incompetence of his trustees, but the uncertainties of childhood shaped the man. "Sagacious, bold and turbulent of wit," he grew into one of the most influential statesmen of the late seventeenth century.
He did not have a daughter known as Penelope despite wishful claims by wouldbe descendants.
Anthony Ashley Cooper was only ten when his father died. Much of his inheritance was squandered due to the incompetence of his trustees, but the uncertainties of childhood shaped the man. "Sagacious, bold and turbulent of wit," he grew into one of the most influential statesmen of the late seventeenth century.
He did not have a daughter known as Penelope despite wishful claims by wouldbe descendants.
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