restoration of St Giles House. 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. Shaftesbury Estates Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset is the home base and centre of business of the Ashley-Coopers. The village of Wimborne St Giles rests within the family estate itself. The Ashley family arrived in Dorset, originally from Wiltshire, where they owned the manor of Ashley, since the 11th century. The first ancestor to reside in Wimborne St Giles was Robert Ashley (born c. 1415), fifth great grandfather of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. Built in 1651, the family seat of St Giles House has fallen into disrepair and has been unoccupied for about 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". Discussions regarding future use of St Giles House and the estate have been resumed following inheritance by the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury. Work on the house began in 2011 and since then the restoration has won several 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. 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. Lough Neagh The earl 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. Philanthropy Shaftesbury is an