Lord Shaftesbury Timeline Can You Order These Significant Events on the Timeline to Tell the Story of Lord Shaftesbury’S Life?

Lord Shaftesbury Timeline Can you order these significant events on the timeline to tell the story of Lord Shaftesbury’s life?

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1875 - Lord Shaftesbury finally persuaded 1833 - Lord Ashley proposed a Bill for 1863 - Lord Shaftesbury published a 1827 - Lord Ashley appointed to a Parliament to pass the Chimney Sweepers Parliament that children should work for report that showed children as young as committee investigating the treatment of Act. This stopped the employment of boys a maximum of 10 hours a day. This made four and five were still working from six patients in asylums. as chimney sweeps throughout it illegal for children under nine to work in the morning to ten at night in some the country. in textile factories. British factories.

1801 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of 1893 - The Shaftesbury Memorial was 1826 - Lord Ashley elected as a Member of 1885 - Lord Shaftesbury died on 1st Shaftesbury born in London on 28th April. placed in Piccadilly Circus. The statue is Parliament. October, aged 84 years. His funeral service called The Angel of Christian Charity, was held in Westminster Abbey. but many people know it as the Statue of Eros.

1840 - A Bill, supported by Lord Ashley, 1844 - Lord Ashley became president of 1842 - Lord Ashley brought the Coal Mines 1851 - After his father’s death Lord Ashley was introduced in Parliament making it the Ragged School Union which promoted Act to Parliament, which meant that no became known as Lord Shaftesbury or the against the law to employ boys as the education of poor children. boy under ten years of age and no women Earl of Shaftesbury. chimney sweeps. However, it was only should work underground. effective in London.

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