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Pilgrim Trust

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Pilgrim Trust

From their website: "Our aim is to preserve and promote Britain’s historical and intellectual assets and to provide assistance to vulnerable members of society."

Edward Stephen Harkness provided the Trust with an endowment of £2m and a very vague specification for its use.

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Pilgrim Trust

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Silver Jubilee - Montague Close

This monument, built with the aid of funds donated by the Pilgrim Trust, was ...

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Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane

Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...

Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland

7 memorials
Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington

Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington

This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned.  It was the men that insisted on the covering.

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
Anya Sainsbury

Anya Sainsbury

Former ballerina. Born Anya Linden. She studied at the Royal Ballet School under Sir Frederick Ashton and others. She and her husband Sir John Sainsbury, established the Linbury Trust, which offers...

Person, Benefactor, Dance

1 memorial
Vice-Admiral Sir Donald Gosling

Vice-Admiral Sir Donald Gosling

Served in the Royal Navy in 1944-8.  Entered business and was the founding member of a highly successful business partnership that took over National Car Parks, which became the largest car parking...

Person, Armed Forces, Benefactor

1 memorial