Charity founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, providing support to deprived people.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Charity founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, providing support to deprived people.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Carr-Gomm Society
Set up in 1862 and still awarding small grants.
Co-founder and funder (with Alfred Beit) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Damstadt, Germany, came to London in 1871, and, acting as a diamond agent, went to Kimberly in South Africa. Re...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Germany, South Africa
Pioneer ear surgeon and father of economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852-1883). Born Lincolnshire. From Museum of Wimbledon: "...settled in Wimbledon in 1854 and lived at Beech Holme along Parksid...
International Christian movement. Named after Talbot House, using the army's signaling code for "T". Founded by Tubby Clayton.
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...