Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury
1801–85
Philanthropist and politician. Tory MP, 1826–46. Opposed parliamentary reform in 1831, and campaigned for shorter hours of work, especially for children, resulting in the Factory Act of 1833. An ardent Evangelical and moralist. Promoted education and emigration. Succeeded to the earldom in 1851. Active in the House of Lords.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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