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 Iveagh Trust. His vision was to provide decent and safe homes for working class people."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership
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Lorne House
Not the style, but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one in B...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
George Green
Shipbuilder and philanthropist. Founder of a shipyard in Blackwall, which was subsequently taken over by his three sons, Frederick, Henry and Richard. George endowed several schools in Poplar.
2 memorials
William Wilberforce (abolitionist)
Politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Born in High Street, Hull. Entered parliament in 1780 and became a close ally of William Pitt the Younger. He converted to evangelical Christian...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
8 memorials
Jemina Durning Smith
The following information primarily comes from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, also see the Durning Library: Born the eldest daughter of John Benjamin Smith (merchant and politician) ...
1 memorial
John Reynolds Roberts
Shopkeeper and philanthropist. Born Camberwell. Aged 17 he and his brother Thomas, left their home in Newington Green and began work in London as errand boys in a drapers. In 1870 he opened a store...
2 memorials
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