Initiated the Evening Standard's appeal to replace London's lost trees. For 42 years McGill was a columnist with the Evening Standard and was co-creator, with the illustrator Dominic Poelsma, of th...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Gardens / Agriculture
Army officer and charity founder. Born Richard Culling Carr-Gomm at Mancetter Lodge, Mancetter, near Atherstone, He.served in the army from 1939 to 1955, and was amongst the first troops to enter t...
Person, Philanthropy, Armed Forces, Germany
A charity which provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people, now known just as Abbeyfield. Founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, it owns and manages around 200 houses and 20 care homes (2...
Group, Social Welfare, Philanthropy
Charity founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, providing support to deprived people.
Group, Social Welfare, Philanthropy
Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1894-5. An active Methodist. We believe he had a daughter who married in 1902: "Jessie Murdoch Robson, daughter of Sir Henry Robson and Lady Ro...
Person, Politics & Administration
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