Lord Shaftesbury

J. L. Hammond, Barbara Hammond

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780367149055
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429620607
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Biographies
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Originally published in 1923, this book covers the career of Lord Shaftesbury from his early career, through Peel's government and factory legislation, and onto religion and philanthropy. His name recalls great achievements in the reform of law; a powerful force in debates and contests, on the issue of which depended the fortunes of England, and he helped to both create and destroy institutions, habits and beliefs to great consequence of his successors.

INDEX

ABERDEEN, Lord : 111, 168 n.

Aberdeen Ministry, and Crimean War : 68, 169, 170; and Lunacy, 203; and Chimney Sweeps, 227.

Abinger, Lord. See Scarlett.

Acland, T. D. : 228.

Acomb House : 204.

Adams, Hannah, Sarah and Susan : 181.

Afghan War : 265.

Agnew, Sir Andrew : 20.

Agricultural Conditions : 90 seq.; Chapter XIII. passim. see also Dorset.

Agriculture, Report of Committee on (1836) : 90; Report of Poor Law Commissioners on Women and Children in (1843), 90; Report of Commission on Children, Young Persons and Women in (1867–9), 183.

Ainsworth, P. : 75.

Albert, Prince : 61.

Alexander, Bishop : 66.

Allotments, Shaftesbury and : 183, 185.

Althorp, Lord : character, 24; and factory debates, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 37, 41, 43; his Factory Act, Chapter IV. passim; becomes Lord Spencer, 39.

“Alton Locke,” Kingsley’s : 270.

Animals, Shaftesbury and : 98 n., 271 n.

Anti-Corn Law League : 85, 110, 247, 267; and agricultural conditions 91, 92; Russell’s conversion to, 111; Ashley on. 113, 115, 143.

Apprentices, parish : in early factories, 10, 11; in mines, 73; in other industries, 87.

Apsley House : 220.

Arbuthnot : 50.

Arch, Joseph : 185.

“Armstrong, Michael,” Mrs. Trollope’s : 185.

Arnott, Dr. : 156.

“Arrow,” the : 243.

Ashley, Lord. see Shaftesbury.

Ashton : 19, 40, 60; Oastler at, 46.

Ashworth, Mr. : 108.

Asylums, County : 191; acts for erection of, 193, 202; cost of, 198.

Asylums, private : denounced by Shaftesbury, 206; his views on them modified, 210; for regulation of, see Lunacy Acts.

Attorney-General (Sir John Jervis) : 135.

Attwood, Thomas : 23, 44.

BAKER, R. : 154.

Bankes, George, and agricultural conditions : 93, 107; as factory reformer, 137, 138; and public health, 161.

Banking Laws : 64.

Barnett, Canon : 274.

Baron, Lord Chief : 221.

Bass, M. T. : 222 n.

Bath, Ashley invited to contest : 117; election, 121; and climbing boys, 221.

Bathurst, Lord : 193.

Beaconsfield, Lo...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Half Title
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
• PREFACE
• Table of Contents
• I. ASHLEY’S EARLY CAREER
• II. THE STATE OF THE FACTORIES
• III. THE FIRST BATTLE
• IV. THE FACTORY ACT OF 1833 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
• V. THE LAST YEARS OF THE WHIG GOVERNMENT
• VI. PEEL AND ASHLEY
• VII. THE REFORM OF THE MINES
• VIII. PEEL’S GOVERNMENT AND FACTORY LEGISLATION
• IX. THE PASSING OF THE TEN HOURS BILL
• X. THE TURNING POINT
• XI. THE TEN HOURS COMPROMISE
• XII. PUBLIC HEALTH
• XIII. SHAFTESBURY AND THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER
• XIV. THE REFORM OF THE LUNACY LAWS
• XV. CLIMBING BOYS
• XVI. RELIGION AND PHILANTHROPY
• XVII. SHAFTESBURY’S PLACE IN THE CENTURY
• APPENDIX
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• LIST OF DATES
• INDEX