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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
British politician (1801-1885)
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About Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, styled Lord Ashley from 1811 to 1851, was a British Tory politician, philanthropist, and social reformer. He was the eldest son of the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Anne Spencer, and elder brother of Henry Ashley, MP. A social reformer who was called the "Poor Man's Earl", he campaigned for better working conditions, reform to lunacy laws, education and the limitation of child labour. He was also an early supporter of the Zionist movement and the YMCA and a leading figure in the evangelical movement in the Church of England.
Everything about Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury →- Occupation
- politician, statistician, aristocrat, writer
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 28, 1801
- Died
- October 1, 1885