Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

The Right Honourable The Earl of Shaftesbury KG
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftsbury by John Collier
Successor	The 8th Earl of Shaftesbury
Known for	Philanthropy
Years active	44 years
Born	(1801-04-28)28 April 1801 24 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, England
Died	1 October 1885(1885-10-01) (aged 84) 12 Clifton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, England
Cause of death	Inflammation of the lungs
Buried	The parish church on his estate at Wimborne St Giles, Dorset
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Lady Emily Cowper
Issue	10
Parents	Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury Lady Anne Spencer

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury KG (28 April 1801 – 1 October 1885^[1]), 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.