Group    From 9/7/1869 

Action for Children

Categories: Benefactor, Children

National children's charity. Founded by the Reverend Thomas Bowman Stephenson as 'The Children's Home'. Renamed 'National Children's Home' and adopted its present name in 2008. It originally provided homes run by mother and father figures who gave respect and affection to destitute children,

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Ralph Grigg

Ralph Grigg

Reports, Volume 100, Part 2 Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords 1819 gives the terms of his will, dated 22 March 1679, as it relates to the Latymer School.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Isaac le Gooch

Isaac le Gooch

Dutch merchant and jeweller to the king. Benefactor of Latymer School. Edith Streets, discussing Linden House in Upper Mall, writes: "This is used as a sailing and rowing clubhouse, owned by the L...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Netherlands

1 memorial
Sir John Crosse

Sir John Crosse

He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1738. MP. Birth date approximate. Died Millbank.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
John Ortelli

John Ortelli

Giovanni Battista Ortelli was a successful Italian businessman who founded the Italian Hospital Queen Square. The badly deteriorated Ortelli family vault is at St Mary's RC Cemetery, NW10. There y...

Person, Benefactor, Italy

1 memorial
James Thomas

James Thomas

Architect who works close to the site of Min Joo Lee's death, and regularly cycles through the junction.  He worked with the local cycle shop, Cyclesurgery, to produce the ghost bike and organised ...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial