The best-loved politician and social reformer of nineteenth century England, Lord Shaftesbury’s deep compassion for the poor became legendary. He campaigned tirelessly to limit factory hours, to stop the use of boys as chimney sweeps and children in coalmines, and to develop universal education. As a result he changed the character of English society forever. Areas covered in this important new biography include his upbringing and education; his work as a politician and his campaign for mental health; factory and industrial reforms; campaigns for climbing boys and for better sanitation and housing; his contribution towards the founding of the Bible Society, CPAS, London City Mission, Ragged School Union and CMS; his role as a defender of the Protestant faith and the campaign against ritualism; his personal theology.
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Contents
Introduction 8
1 Born into the Age of Reform:
The Early Years 1801–1822 11
2 The Calling of Public Life: 1823–1829 19
3 The Stirrings of Faith:
Conversion to Evangelicalism in the 1820s 29
4 Life, Politics and Mission: 1829–1836 39
5 The Asylum: Shaftesbury and Mental Health
1828–1845 58
6 Mills and Mines: 1832–1848 74
7 The Emerging Protestant: 1838–1845 93
8 Sweeps, Sanitation and the Sabbath: 1840–1851 110
9 Walking the Metropolis: Shaftesbury and the London
City Mission from the 1830s to the 1880s 131
10 Educating the Poor: Shaftesbury and the Ragged Schools
from the 1840s to the 1880s 142
11 The Earl: Campaigner for the Poor 1851–1854 152
12 Bishop-Maker: 1855–1866 168
13 Regulating Ritual: 1866–1884 187
14 A Passionate Faith:
Understanding Shaftesbury’s Motivation 206
Conclusion 224
Appendix: The Millennium 228
Notes 233
Select Bibliography 247
Index 251
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Richard Duncan Turnbull is a Church of England clergyman. Educated at the University of Reading and St John’s College, Durham, he became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1985. He also has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oxford. Richard was ordained deacon in 1994 and priest in 1995. He served as assistant curate of Christ Church, Portswood (1994-98) and vicar of Chineham (1998-2005). Richard has also been a member of the General Synod of the Church of England, chairman of the Business Committee of the General Synod, and chairman of working parties that produced reports on clergy pay and the funding a theological education. He was a member of the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, and chairman of the House of Clergy of Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Winchester (2000-05). Turnbull was appointed Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford in 2005, teaching courses on Anglicanism, Anglican and Evangelical Identity and the Reformation. He is currently undertaking research projects in Evangelical spirituality and the future of Evangelicalism. He was a member of the committee that drafted the document ‘A Covenant for the Church of England’.
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