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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury KG (28 April 1801 – 1 October 1885 [ 1 ]), styled Lord Ashley from 1811 to 1851, was a British Tory politician, philanthropist, and social reformer.
27 de sept. de 2024 · Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury was one of the most effective social and industrial reformers in 19th-century England. He was also the acknowledged leader of the evangelical movement within the Church of England.
Other prominent members of the family include Liberal politician Evelyn Ashley, second son of the 7th Earl; his son, noted politician Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple, was a member of the Conservative Party, and his daughter Edwina married Louis Mountbatten and was to be last Vicereine of India.
A statue of the politician and philanthropist who worked for social and moral reform, especially for the protection of children. The statue was unveiled in 1888 and funded by the poor children he helped.
Learn about the life and achievements of Shaftesbury, a British aristocrat and politician who advocated for factory reform, child welfare, and the restoration of the Jews to Palestine. Discover how he influenced British foreign policy, founded the Palestine Exploration Fund, and coined the phrase "A land without a people for a people without a land".
7th Earl of Shaftesbury. The English social reformer and philanthropist Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885), was a leading exponent in Victorian England of reform of a multitude of social evils.
nthony Ashley Cooper, seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist, was the eldest son of the sixth earl, and of Anne, fourth daughter of the third Duke of Marlborough.
