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Marshall's Charity

Categories: Philanthropy, Religion

Created in John Marshall's 1627 will to support the Anglican Church and still going strong in 2012.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Marshall's Charity

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John Marshall

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Metropolis Chapel Building Fund Association

Metropolis Chapel Building Fund Association

Established under the leadership of Alexander M'Aulay to ‘promote the erection of commodious chapels in suitable situations in and around the metropolis, to assist in the enlargement of existing ch...

Group, Philanthropy, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Works with local people to develop parks and gardens so they can relax, kick a ball, grow plants or just hang out.

Group, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Henry Thornton

Henry Thornton

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham. Successful banker. Good friends with his (indirect) cousin, William Wilberforce, prior to their marriages they shared a house bought by Thornton, Battersea Ri...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion

1 memorial
James  Fegan

James Fegan

Philanthropist. Born James William Condell Fegan in Southampton. He moved to London in 1865 and eventually joined a firm of colonial brokers. He soon became aware of the plight of many young boys l...

Person, Children, Philanthropy, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Jemina Durning Smith

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) ...

Person, Philanthropy, Tragedy

1 memorial

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H. Bristow
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Philip Blairman House

Philip Blairman House

E1, Elder Street, 3, Philip Blairman House

There is an almost identical plaque on Celia Blairman House in Folgate Street.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
James Humphreys

James Humphreys

From the parish of St Peter's in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spitalfields. Her radical book "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) in which she described marriage as "legal prostitu...

Person, Education, Gender Issues, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden

10 memorials
Charles Mole
War dead, WW1
1 memorial