Group    From 1931 

Pilgrim Trust

Categories: Benefactor

From their website: "Our aim is to preserve and promote Britain’s historical and intellectual assets and to provide assistance to vulnerable members of society."

Edward Stephen Harkness provided the Trust with an endowment of £2m and a very vague specification for its use.

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Pilgrim Trust

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Silver Jubilee - Montague Close

This monument, built with the aid of funds donated by the Pilgrim Trust, was ...

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Sheila Millward

Sheila Millward

Oddly we can find no information about a Sheila Millward associated with Wollstonecraft or Stoke Newington.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Croydon Almshouse Charities

Croydon Almshouse Charities

Charity. Formed from the amalgamation of several charities in Croydon to administer the Elis David Almshouses.

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Chairman of the Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign.  Spent 3 years and millions of dollars to get the Keith Park statue erected.  In 2011 this earned him, a Brit, the title normally given to a NZ cit...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce, History, New Zealand

1 memorial
Heritage of London Trust

Heritage of London Trust

A grant giving trust to encourage the careful restoration of listed buildings in London. 

Group, Benefactor, History

5 memorials
Paul Percy Harris

Paul Percy Harris

Lawyer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Racine, Wisconsin. He started practising law in 1896 in Chicago. He began to consider the benefits of the formation of a social organisation f...

Person, Benefactor, Law, USA

1 memorial

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William Booth

William Booth

Founded the Salvation Army.  Born Nottingham.  Came to London in 1849 to find better paid work and became a travelling lay preacher for the Methodists.  Married Catherine Mumford in 1855.  With his...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

6 memorials