Born 7 Briggate, Leeds. Art collector and philanthropist, initiating several charitable projects in Leeds. She cultivated relationships with some of the leading literary and artistic talents of her time, particularly John Ruskin and Elizabeth and Robert Browning. The Brownings however found her overwhelming to the point of being aggressive. Died 6 Woodhouse Square, Leeds.
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Miss Ellen Heaton
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
Comprising The Almshouse Charity (managing an almshouse in Chiswick) and The Lying-In Charity (offering an annual grant to benefit pregnant women in the London Borough of Hounslow).
Ada Hannah Lewis-Hill, philanthropist. Born Liverpool but brought up in a large family in Dublin where she married Samuel Lewis in 1867. They lived in Grosvenor Square until his death in 1901, when...
Works with local people to develop parks and gardens so they can relax, kick a ball, grow plants or just hang out.
Physician, philanthropist, abolitionist and entomologist. Born British Virgin Islands into a Quaker family. Aged 6 was sent to England to be educated. Came to London in 1766 to train at St Thomas' ...
Founder of the Ardath Tobacco Company. Â Honorary Treasurer at the Royal Free Hospital in 1926. See Lord Riddell. Â Also helped fund the 1928 new extension for which the maternity section was named t...
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