Lord Shaftesbury, British Conservative statesman and philanthropist Labrunie Illustration from Commercium philosophico-technicum

Illustration from Commercium philosophico-technicum

The Russians retreated

Post-war civilian production was under British military control until 1949

Westminster with figures strolling in the park

Lord Shaftesbury, British Conservative statesman and philanthropist Labrunie Illustration from Commercium philosophico-technicumLord 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.