Earls of Shaftesbury (1672)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury (1652–1699)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury (1711–1771)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury (1761–1811)
- Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (1768–1851)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801–1885)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury (1831–1886)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley (1900-1947)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938–2004)
- Anthony Nils Christian Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury (1977–2005)
- Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury (born 1979)
The heir apparent and the only person in line of succession to the titles is the present holder's son, Anthony Francis Wolfgang Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley (born 2011).
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