Person    | Male  Born 28/4/1801  Died 1/10/1885

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Born at 24 Grosvenor Square. Promoted many reform causes, connected with factories, children, mental illness, housing. Also supported the restoration of the Holy Land to the Jews. President of the Stratford Martyrs memorial committee. 1884 founded and became President of The Ragged School Union. c.1914 this became 'The Shaftesbury Society and Ragged School Union' and in 1944 The Shaftesbury Society. Lord Shaftesbury died Folkestone.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Shaftesbury - Harrow

The quotation is from Psalm 41, the King James Version. While at school, Sha...

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Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain - Eros

The 1893 statue commonly known as 'Eros' was apparently erected as his brothe...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Stratford Martyrs

The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...

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Mary M. Reeder

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John Groom

John Groom

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David Greig

David Greig

A chain of grocery shops across north London. Faded London have more details and some photos of a splendid shop in Atlantic Road SW9.

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Henry Charles Stephens

Henry Charles Stephens

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The Cedars Club

See the memorial page for all the information we have.

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Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, her father, Henry Huttleston Rogers, being immensely wealthy. 1890 married Bradford Ferris Duff but she was widowed aged 23. Married Urban Broughton 12 November 18...

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