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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

1801 - 1885

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, (28 April 1801 – 1 October 1885), 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 (daughter of the 4th Duke of Marlborough), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury is the 16,710th most popular politician (down from 15,845th in 2024), the 5,034th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,419th in 2019) and the 596th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 16,710 out of 19,576. Before him are Joe Manchin, Emil Jónsson, Dominique Baudis, Raul Khajimba, Desmond Hoyte, and Hsiao Bi-khim. After him are Scotty Bowman, Djimrangar Dadnadji, Khizr Khan, Rebecca Harms, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Cadwallon ap Cadfan.

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Among people born in 1801, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 83. Before him are William Hallowes Miller, Robert J. Walker, Athanasios Vouros, Charles Combes, Zecharias Frankel, and George Perkins Marsh. After him is Samuel Gridley Howe. Among people deceased in 1885, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 81. Before him are Gaudenzio Marconi, Andrea Maffei, Juan Bautista Topete, Bernhard Horwitz, Anthony W. Gardiner, and Helen Hunt Jackson. After him are Titian Peale, John McCloskey, and Robert Toombs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 5,036 out of 8,785. Before him are John Pritchard (1921), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Thomas Lewis (1881), Luke Fildes (1843), Ran Laurie (1915), and David Arnold (1962). After him are George Grote (1794), Anthony Newley (1931), Paddy Considine (1973), Edmund Gosse (1849), Matthew Tuck (1980), and Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 596. Before him are Hugh Gaitskell (1906), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Robert Morris (1734), and William Paterson (1745). After him are Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Douglas Hurd (1930), Henry Hyndman (1842), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), and William Dod (1867).

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