Parents
- John Ashley-Cooper ( - c. 1630), Baronet Cooper
- Anne Ashley ( - 1628)
Family
- Married on February 25, 1639, with Margaret Coventry (1619 - 1649), without issue.
- Married on April 15, 1650, with Frances Cecil (1633 - 1652)
- Married on August 30, 1655, with Margaret Spencer (1627 - 1693), without issue.
Occupations
- lord president of the Council (1679)
- lord high chancellor of Great Britain (1672 - 1673)
- president of the Board of Trade (1672 - 1676)
- chancellor of the Exchequer of England (1661 - 1672)
- lord-lieutenant of Dorset (1672 - 1674)
- member of parliament for Wiltshire (1653 - 1660)
- sheriff of Wiltshire (1647 - 1648)
- governor of the Isle of Wight (1660 - 1661)