Person    | Female  Born 14/3/1825  Died 18/1/1921

Elizabeth Finn

Categories: Social Welfare

Countries: Poland

Born to missionary parents in Warsaw. Aged 72 she and her daughter Constance founded the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association. Died at home in Brook Green.

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Elizabeth Finn

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Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association

Founded here by Elizabeth and Constance Finn, the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid...

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Whiteley Village

Whiteley Village

A retirement village created with a bequest from William Whiteley. A charitable trust provides almshouses for people of limited financial means. From the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey: "The s...

Place, Property, Social Welfare

4 memorials
St Joseph's Almshouses

St Joseph's Almshouses

Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight.   Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847.  24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...

Building, Property, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl Meath, KP

Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl Meath, KP

Born near Belgrave Square. The Earl of Meath was actively engaged in social and philanthropic work. He was the first chairman of the Young Men's Friendly Society, first President of the British Col...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Shelter

Shelter

A charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland. Founded by Bruce Kenrick,  it evolved out of the work on behalf of homeless people being carried on at St Marti...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial