Gilbert Johnstone
Hon. Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone. See his brother Francis for family information. President of the Eton Mission Rowing Club in 1934. Attended Eton, leaving before 1883. The Eton House (pdf dow...
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Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.
Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...
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Lady Eleanor Keane
Pioneer in youth work. Born Eleanor Lucy Hicks-Beach, eldest daughter of 1st Earl St Aldwyn. On Valentine's day 1907, just 2 months before laying the foundation stone, she married the Irishman Sir ...
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Kensington Mission
Started in 1794 when Abbé Charles de Broglie opened a school for the sons of exiled French noblemen at Kensington House. It would seem likely that Charles was related to Charles Louis Victor de Br...
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Edith S. Kerrison
The first woman to serve on the West Ham council and an advocate of welfare for women and children. Was offered the Mayoralty but in view of her advancing years and increasing deafness she declined...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
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Lord Kinnaird
Footballer and philanthropist. Born Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird in London. Unusually he had double careers in banking and football. He played in nine F.A. cup finals and had the dubious honour of be...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Sport / Games
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Mr Charles Lacey
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
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Lady Workers' Homes Ltd
From The Story of Holly Lodge by Margaret Downing March 2009: "Founded in 1914, LWH provided affordable, well managed, conveniently situated small flats for 'educated women of small means'. The Co...
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Justice for Lai Dai Han
This group campaigns for an independent UN-led investigation into allegations of widespread sexual violence by South Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War. The group commissioned the Mother and Ch...
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