Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership

Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership

From the Picture source: "In 1890 Sir Edward Guinness set up The Guinness Trust, donating £200,000 to the Trust in London, with an additional £50,000 for the Dublin Fund, which later became the Ive...

Group, Philanthropy, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Mr W. Harrison

Mr W. Harrison

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Hearts of Oak Benefit Society

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society

National Archives gives: "It was on 20th June 1842 that twelve members of a Provident Society met at the Bird-in-Hand Tavern, 17 Long Acre, with the intention of establishing their own Society. Thi...

Group, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Hebra Gemilut Hasadim

Hebra Gemilut Hasadim

This phrase translates as "Society for Deeds of Loving Kindness", a Jewish Benevolent Society. It was established on the site where Albert Stern House now is and included a hospital for sick poor a...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Rev. R. Henley

Rev. R. Henley

Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.  Listed as "The Hon. and Revd. R. Henley - Incumbent" on the Pest House plaque.  Vicar of St Mary's Putney in 1886.

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Terrence Higgins Trust

Terrence Higgins Trust

A charity named for Terrence Higgins, one of the first people to die from the AIDS virus in Britain. It campaigns on and provides services relating to HIV and sexual health. A plaque at 333 Old Str...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Octavia Hill

Octavia Hill

Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust.  Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really).  She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare

9 memorials
Keith Dudley Hoare, SBSTJ

Keith Dudley Hoare, SBSTJ

At Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service this photo is captioned: "Captain W. H. Keith Hoare relinquished Military Duties and was appointed as the first Gibraltarian civilian Fire Chief of Gibraltar. H...

Person, Social Welfare, Gibraltar

1 memorial
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