Merchant in the City of London. Founded City of London School for Girls.
In his will, dated 3 June 1881, left £20,000 to the City of London towards a girls' high school, the residue 'to be applied and expended in the erection and maintaining of some institution and the creation of some fund for the benefit of the poorer classes.' Funds from his will were also used for the maintenance of Queen's Park.
Buried at St Matthews Church Brixton which has a substantial monument in the front forecourt.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Ward (benefactor)
Site of the City of London School for Girls founded by William Ward, 1894 to ...
Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924, and became Director of Education at the LCC. 1933 became Clerk to the LCC. He advocated the development of Bloomsbury ...
Social researcher and teacher. Born Richard Morris Titmuss at Farm lane, Stopsley, near Luton. He became concerned with the social differences between the north and south of England, publishing 'Po...
Bridewell Palace was given by Edward VI in 1553 to the City of London to house this school, founded by royal charter in the same year. In 1867 the school moved to Surrey and changed its name to Ki...
Became a student at UCL in 1863. The picture source gives details of his assasination by a Korean nationalist. Picture source gives details of this.
We can find very little about this school, it's all just hints and pointers. AIM25's holdings for All Saints Church include some records about the parish school, presumably this one. The earlies...