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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury has received more than 466,358 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury is the 14,813th most popular politician, the 4,290th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 525th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 14,813 out of 15,577. Before him are Luis Cordero Crespo, Julián Castro, Daniel Scioli, James Comey, Juan Idiarte Borda, and Lizardo Montero Flores. After him are Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Walter Brack, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Xavier Bertrand, Giorgos Kaminis, and José Serrato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 72. Before him are William Hallowes Miller, Edward William Lane, Ludwig Bechstein, Maria Röhl, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, and Georgios Koletis. After him are Jules Pierre Rambur, Wilhem de Haan, Robert J. Walker, and Athanasios Vouros. Among people deceased in 1885, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 64. Before him are Julius Benedict, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Andrea Maffei, C. A. Rosetti, Juan Bautista Topete, and Bernhard Horwitz. After him are José Posada Herrera, John McCloskey, Titian Peale, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. Gardiner, and Robert Toombs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 4,290 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Macintosh (1892), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875), Tony Jay (1933), Donald Nicol (1923), John Martyn (1948), and Matthew Carter (1937). After him are Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), Dave Mackay (1934), John Pulman (1923), and Barbara Bodichon (1827).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 525. Before him are John Bercow (1963), Charles Bradlaugh (1833), John Prescott (1938), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), and Grantley Goulding (1874). After him are Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Tom Clarke (1858), Keir Hardie (1856), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), and Aneurin Bevan (1897).

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