In 1927 she was writing as “Commissioner Adelaide Cox, CBE, until recently Leader of the Women’s Social Work of the Salvation Army”.
Our colleague, Andrew Behan provides:
Born in Childs Hill, Hendon, the daughter of Alfred T and Caroline Cox. Her father was a Surveyor. She died, a spinster aged 84 years, and had been living at 28 Rotherwick Road, Golders Green. Her estate amounted to £18, 882 1s.7d.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Commissioner Adelaide Cox
This stone was laid for the glory of God by Commissioner Adelaide Cox on beha...
Social reformer and minister. Born in Settle, Yorkshire. Whilst working in the slums of Greenwich, he became appalled at the deprivations and cruelties suffered by children. He wrote 'The Gaol Crad...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
The Trust works in poor areas situated in four of the most deprived wards in the UK, providing support, advice and services.
Originally established by John Wilder to support psychiatric patients on discharge from hospital at a time when the Mental Health Act meant that psychiatric hospitals were being closed and replaced...
London-based international organisation focused on human rights. Its mission statement refers specifically to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in London by labour lawyer Peter Be...
These two plaques tell a complex story which we only fully understood once we found this UCL paper. Erskine Clarke, vicar of St Mary's Ch...
Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped) at 39 Stanhope Street, Regent's Park. Son of sculptors Thomas and Mary Thornycroft. Studied at the Royal Academy Sch...
Born Germany. Electrical engineer, inventor and businessman. Came to England in 1843 with an electro-plating invention. Became naturalised British subject in 1859. Also worked with the regenerativ...
This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Pla...
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