2-480-594 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lord Shaftesbury, British Conservative statesman and philanthropist, late 19th century. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) piloted a number of reforming acts through Parliament including the factory acts of 1847, 1850 and 1859 resulting in a 10-hour working day, and the Coal Mines Act of 1842 which outlawed the employment of women and of children under 13 underground.