Abbeyfield Society
A charity which provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people, now known just as Abbeyfield. Founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, it owns and manages around 200 houses and 20 care homes (2...
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Milly Apthorp Trust
Founded by Milly Apthorp and her son John, as a grant-giving benevolent fund. It donates to a variety of causes within the Barnet area of London.
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Art in the Park
Art in the Park is a charity devoted to enriching Londoners' lives and environment through visual arts. They run art and performance based education and training workshops, and are involved in comm...
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Lord Ashcroft, Michael Anthony
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, Conservative politician, occasional tax-payer.
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Robert Aske
Son of a draper. Worked as a haberdasher; 1643 became a Freeman of the Haberdashers Company; 1666 elected an Alderman of the City of London. He became Master of the Haberdashers' Company. But the r...
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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount
Born New York City into an extremely wealthy family. Lived in Rome in his mid-thirties where he developed a life-long taste for the arts. On his father’s death in 1890 he built the luxury Waldorf...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Property, Italy, USA
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Constance Baker
Dressmaker. Born as Constance Kitteringham in Marham, Norfolk. Lived with her mother's grandparents, the Kitteringhams, but when her mother married Constance took her mother's married name, Gunn. ...
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Bernhard Baron
Tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist. Born in what is now Belarus. His father took him to the United States when young; and there, after working at a tobacco factory, he began making the newly p...
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