28 April 1801 A.D. Anthony Ashley Cooper (1801-1885)—7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Industrial Reformer, & Staunch Anti-Tractarian Anglican
28 April 1801 A.D. Anthony Ashley Cooper (1801-1885)—7 th Earl of Shaftesbury, Industrial Reformer, & Staunch Anti-Tractarian Anglican Editors. “Anthony Ashley Cooper: 7 th earl of Shaftesbury.” Encyclopedia Britannica. N.d. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/537638/Anthony-Ashley-Cooper-7th-earl-of-Shaftesbury . Accessed 27 Apr 2015. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury, in full Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury, Baron Cooper of Pawlett, Baron Ashley of Wimborne St. Giles (born April 28, 1801, London , England —died October 1, 1885, Folkestone , Kent), 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. He was the eldest son of Cropley Cooper (a younger brother of the 5th earl of Shaftesbury) and of Anne, daughter of the 4th duke of Marlborough. He became Lord Ashley when his f...