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Anthony Ashley-Cooper

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper

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1 Oct 1885 (aged 84)
Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, England
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Wimborne St Giles, North Dorset District, Dorset, England
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Philanthropist Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, KG. concerned himself with the reform of the lunacy laws, protection of colliery workers and chimney-sweeps, the reclamation of juvenile offenders, and better housing for the poor.

The eldest son of the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, he was born in London and educated at Harrow School and Christ Church College, Oxford. He became a Tory MP for Woodstock in 1826, and almost immediately became a leader of the movement for factory reform. He was largely responsible for the Factory Acts of 1847 and 1853, Coal Mines Act of 1842, and the Lunacy Act of 1845. He was chairman of the Ragged Schools Union and a supporter of Florence Nightingale.

Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper, daughter of Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, on 10 June 1830. The couple had six sons and four daughters

Lord Shaftesbury's funeral was at Westminster Abbey, but he is buried at Wimborne St. Giles Church, Dorset. A statue by Sir J. E. Boehm can be found at Westminster Abbey in the West End of Nave.
Philanthropist Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, KG. concerned himself with the reform of the lunacy laws, protection of colliery workers and chimney-sweeps, the reclamation of juvenile offenders, and better housing for the poor.

The eldest son of the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, he was born in London and educated at Harrow School and Christ Church College, Oxford. He became a Tory MP for Woodstock in 1826, and almost immediately became a leader of the movement for factory reform. He was largely responsible for the Factory Acts of 1847 and 1853, Coal Mines Act of 1842, and the Lunacy Act of 1845. He was chairman of the Ragged Schools Union and a supporter of Florence Nightingale.

Lord Shaftesbury married Lady Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper, daughter of Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, on 10 June 1830. The couple had six sons and four daughters

Lord Shaftesbury's funeral was at Westminster Abbey, but he is buried at Wimborne St. Giles Church, Dorset. A statue by Sir J. E. Boehm can be found at Westminster Abbey in the West End of Nave.

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Anthony Ashley Cooper 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Born April 28 1801. Died October 1 1885. "What Hast Thou, That Thou Didst Not Receive?" 1.Corinth.IV.7 "Let Him Who Thinketh He Standeth Take Heed Lest He Fall" 1.Corinth.X.12 "Surely I Come Quickly, Amen, Even So, Come, Lord Jesus" Rev.XXII.20

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