Incorporated by royal charter in 1854, possibly on 7th April. Still operating in 1928.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Marylebone Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes
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Marylebone Assoc. for Improving the Dwellings of the Ind. Classes
Marylebone Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes...
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Frederick Nicholas Charrington
Renounced a brewing fortune to help the East End poor. Born Bow Road, the heir to Charrington’s Brewery in Stepney. He entered the business but, aged 19, experienced a religious conversion and be...
Person, Food & Drink, Jack the Ripper suspects, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
2 memorials
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.
1 memorial
Sir Arthur Pearson
Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Born in Wookey, Somerset. In 1898 he founded the Daily Express, which was innovative in printing news instead of adverts on its front page. When he started t...
1 memorial
Elizabeth Cadbury
Philanthropist. Born Elizabeth Mary Taylor at 3 Elm Place, Peckham Rye. She and her husband George Cadbury developed the Bournville village near Birmingham. In 1909 she opened the Woodland Hospital...
1 memorial
War Savings Campaign
Second World War gives a good description of the story behind these plaques. Each year the fundraising was given a different focus: Communities would have a fund-raising committee which worked wi...
2 memorials
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