Building    From 11/7/1879 

United Westminster Almshouses

Categories: Social Welfare

A scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 11 July 1879 consolidated the separate almshouses in Westminster founded by James Palmer, Nicholas Butler and Emery Hill, into the United Westminster Almshouses which were built in Rochester Row in 1881-2.

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United Westminster Almshouses

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Emery Hill bust

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James Palmer bust

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Blind Veterans UK

Blind Veterans UK

This charity was founded at the start of WW1 by Arthur Pearson, the newspaper magnate who became blind in later life, as The Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee. February 1915 it opened t...

Building, Education, Social Welfare

3 memorials
Sheila Ann Schnaar, SSSTJ

Sheila Ann Schnaar, SSSTJ

Mrs Schnaar was appointed as Serving Sister in 1991.

Person, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Francis Lord Derwent

Francis Lord Derwent

Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. Army officer and landowner. Attended Eton, 1864-9.  First born son to Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone of Hackness Grange, Scarborough. Harcourt...

Person, Armed Forces, Children, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial