Philanthropist, "The Emigrants' Friend". Born Caroline Jones near Northampton. She followed her husband to India where she became involved in the welfare of the British women there. She carried on her work in Australia, where she is now so admired that her image has appeared on a bank note and on a stamp. And along the way she mothered six children. Died poor and unknown at home, 43A Barclay Road, Fulham. It is said that Dickens used her as the model for Mrs Jellyby in Bleak House which, if true, was not a compliment. The Catholic Church is considering giving her a sainthood. In the picture she appears to have been a very large lady, or that is a very small chair?
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Caroline Chisholm
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Caroline Chisholm
Greater London Council Caroline Chisholm, 1808 - 1877, philanthropist, "The ...
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Olive Christian Malvery
Born in Lahore in the Punjab to parents of European and Indian ancestry, Thomas Barber Malvery and Jessie Anderson. She came to London in 1900 and trained as a singer at The Royal College of Music....
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Philanthropy, India
1 memorial
Lord Kinnaird
Footballer and philanthropist. Born Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird in London. Unusually he had double careers in banking and football. He played in nine F.A. cup finals and had the dubious honour of be...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Sport / Games
1 memorial
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount
Born New York City into an extremely wealthy family. Lived in Rome in his mid-thirties where he developed a life-long taste for the arts. On his father’s death in 1890 he built the luxury Waldorf...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Property, Italy, USA
1 memorial
Richard Carr-Gomm
Army officer and charity founder. Richard Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 2 February 1922 at Mancetter Lodge, Mancetter, near Atherstone, Warwickshire. He was the son of Mark Culling Carr-Gomm (1883...
1 memorial
Morden College
A charity founded by Sir John Morden, to accommodate merchants who had lost their estates by accidents and perils of the seas. Initially, only single or widowed men were admitted, but in the 20th c...
1 memorial
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Daniel Arthur
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Corporal Malcolm MacPhearson
See Farquar Shaw for the story of the Black Watch mutiny.
1 memorial
Royal Opera House extension
WC2, Floral Street
This foundation stone commemorates the opening of the extension to the Royal Opera House by HRH the Prince of Wales KG KT GCB patron the ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St Bartholomew's WW1 memorial
EC1, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew's church
The restoration of this church was the first major work by Aston Webb. His brother, Edward, was churchwarden at the time. Webb and collea...
War dead | WW1
38 subjects commemorated
38 subjects commemorated
Richard Ellery
Richard James Ellery was born on 19 April 1984 in Southampton, Hampshire, a son of Trevor A. Ellery and Beverley A. Ellery née Neal. Electoral registers for 2003 to 2005 show him listed at 13 Brams...
2 memorials
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