Shaftesbury

[ shafts-buh-ree, shahfts- ]

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of, 1671–1713, English moral philosopher (grandson of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury).
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of, 1801–85, English philanthropist.

Shaftesbury

/ ˈʃɑːftsbərɪ; -brɪ /

Shaftesbury, 1st Earl of16211683MEnglishPOLITICS: statesman 1st Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1621–83, English statesman, a major figure in the Whig opposition to Charles II
Shaftesbury, 7th Earl of18011885MEnglishRELIGION: churchmanSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer 7th Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1801–85, English evangelical churchman and social reformer. He promoted measures to improve conditions in mines (1842), factories (1833; 1847; 1850), and schools

In one respect it was more fortunate than the neighbouring nunneries at Shaftesbury, Wilton, and Amesbury.

"It is a crowded thoroughfare," the man remarked nervously, looking up and down Shaftesbury Avenue.

Only so can he conform to that last and highest function which Shaftesbury assigns to the painter.

But in this hour of unparalleled success Shaftesbury made the first blunder of his political career.

The only one of the famous old mansions recently remaining was Shaftesbury or Thanet House.

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