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Lord Shaftesbury
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(Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1801–85, 7th earl 1851) Philanthropist, reformer, evangelical Christian and an MP in the House of Commons from 1826 until he moved to the Lords in 1851. He is best known for his work in relation to the *Factory Acts (the Ten-Hour Act of 1847 was largely his achievement), but he was instrumental also in the Mines Act of 1842, which made it illegal for women and girls of any age and for boys under 13 to be employed underground. The condition of the slums of central London also caused him to be much involved with housing reform and public sanitation. During the first half of his career (from 1811, when his father inherited the earldom) he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Ashley.
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