Shaftesbury family

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English aristocratic family English peer English philosopher English politician moral philosopher social reformer

The Shaftesbury family is a prominent English aristocratic lineage best known for its Earls of Shaftesbury, influential in politics, philosophy, and social reform since the 17th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury 0
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 0
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury 0

Statements (47)

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instanceOf English aristocratic family ⓘ
English peer ⓘ
English philosopher ⓘ
English politician ⓘ
moral philosopher ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
associatedTitle Baron Ashley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baron Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature three bulls passant ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
familySeat St Giles House NERFINISHED ⓘ
familySeatLocation Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHereditaryTitleSince 1672 ⓘ
hereditaryPeerage Peerage of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence Restoration England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
linkedToPhilosophicalTradition British empiricism NERFINISHED ⓘ
moral sense theory ⓘ
movement British moral sense school NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor British politics ⓘ
child labour reform ⓘ
factory reform ⓘ
lunacy law reform ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
role in the Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
notableMember Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whig NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalInfluence Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Chancellor of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord High Chancellor of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionTraditionally Anglicanism ⓘ
socialRole landed gentry ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
titleCreatedBy King Charles II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Countess of Shaftesbury → nobleFamily → Shaftesbury family ⓘ