Indifferent as Charles Napier was to ordinary praise or blame, he would have appreciated the words of such men, especially when they associated him with his brothers; but perhaps he would have been more pleased to know how many thousands of his humble fellow countrymen walked to his informal funeral at Portsmouth, and to know that the majority of those who subscribed to his statue in Trafalgar Square were private soldiers in the army that he had served and loved.
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From the painting by G. F. Watts in the National Portrait Gallery
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER
Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury
1801-85
| 1801. | Born in Grosvenor Square, London, April 28. |
| 1811. | His father succeeds to the earldom. He himself becomes Lord Ashley. |
| 1813-17. | Harrow. |
| 1819-22. | Christ Church, Oxford. |
| 1826. | M.P. for Woodstock. |
| 1828. | Commissioner of India Board of Control. |
| 1829. | Chairman of Commission for Lunatic Asylums. |
| 1830. | Marries Emily, daughter of fifth Earl Cowper. |
| 1832. | Takes up the cause of the Ten Hours Bill or Factory Act. |
| 1833. | M.P. for Dorset. |
| 1836. | Founds Church Pastoral Aid Society. |
| 1839. | Founds Indigent Blind Visiting Society. |
| 1840. | Takes up cause of Boy Chimney-sweepers. |
| 1842. | Mines and Collieries Bill carried. |
| 1843. | Joins the Ragged School movement. |
| 1847. | Ten Hours Bill finally carried. |
| 1847. | M.P. for Bath. |
| 1848. | Public Health Act. Chairman of Board of Health. |
| 1851. | President of British and Foreign Bible Society. |
| 1851. | Succeeds to the earldom. |
| 1855. | Lord Palmerston twice offers him a seat in the Cabinet. |
| 1872. | Death of Lady Shaftesbury. |
| 1884. | Receives the Freedom of the City of London. |
| 1885. | Dies at Folkestone, October 1. |
LORD SHAFTESBURY