Philanthropist Collection (page 2)

Guys Hospital dates from 1721, when it was founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy, who had made a fortune as a publisher of unlicensed Bibles. Date: 1875

Howards House, Clapton
View of howards House in Clapton, London. A gabled house of c.1600 was acquired in 1715 by Samuel and Bucknall Howard, merchants who conveyed it in 1727 to John Howard

Columbia Market
Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) a British philanthropist, established Columbia Market in 1869 as a covered food market with 400 stalls. The building was demolished in 1958. Date: 1875

Palmers almshouses
In 1656 the Reverend James Palmer, priest and philanthropist, founded almshouses in Palmers Passage, Westminster, for six poor old men and six poor old women.. Date: 1875

Van Duns almshouses in Petty France. Cornelius Van Dun was a oldier and philanthropist. Date: 1875

Alice Hart, philanthropist, artist and businesswoman
Alice Hart (1848-1931), British philanthropist, artist, and businesswoman, wife of Dr Ernest Hart, editor of the British Medical Journal. 1898

Cartoon, Sir Walter Gilbey, wine merchant and philanthropist
Cartoon, Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet (1831-1914), English wine merchant, philanthropist and breeder of shire horses. 1893

Ian Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke (1905-1996), British peer, businessman and philanthropist, Chairman of Bovril Ltd and other companies. Date: 1946

The Earl of Meath, founder of Empire Day
Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath, (1841-1929) was a British politician and philanthropist. An enthusiastic imperialist, he instigated Empire Day

William Roscoe, historian, poet and philanthropist
Monument to William Roscoe (1753-1831), English historian, abolitionist, poet and philanthropist. 19th century

John Howard, philanthropist and social reformer (1726-1790). 18th century

Sir Walter Gilbey, of W&A Gilbey Ltd, wine and spirit merchants. late 19th century

Lord Armstrong, armaments manufacturer
William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810-1900), armaments manufacturer, scientist, inventor and philanthropist. circa 1890s

Joseph Storrs Fry, head of Fry s, Bristol
Joseph Storrs Fry, head of Frys Cocoa and Confectionery, Bristol

Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927) of the Guinness brewery family. circa 1890s

Arthur Edward Guinness, Lord Ardilaun of Guinness Brewery
Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, 2nd Baronet (1840-1915), British businessman, politician and philanthropist

Andrew Carnegies history, Chicago Tribune
Andrew Carnegies History as depicted by the Chicago Tribune -- the eventful life of a self-made man

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish American industrialist

Sir Donald Currie (1825 - 1909), Scottish shipowner, politician and philanthropist, founded the Castle line in 1862, running clippers to India

PRISCILLA WAKEFIELD - Writer & philanthropist. Date: 1751 - 1832

John Blundell Maple
Date: 1891

George Peabody (1795 - 1869), American financier and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy

Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet (1831 -1914), English wine-merchant and philanthropist. Date: 1889

John Howard (1726 - 1790), philanthropist and early English prison reformer

Baron Moritz Hirsch
MORITZ, baron von HIRSCH German businessman and philanthropist Date: 1831 - 1896

Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville
Dame Margaret Helen Greville, Hon Mrs Greville, DBE (18631942), British society host and philanthropist, born Margaret Helen Anderson

Who People Are Dating - John Paul Getty, Jr. and Talitha Pol
The wealthy American-born British philanthropist, John Paul Getty, Jr. (7 September 1932 17 April 2003) with the style icon of the late 1960s, Talitha Pol (18 October 1940 14 July 1971)

Winifred Coombe-Tennant (Mrs Willett), medium
Winifred Margaret Serocold Coombe-Tennant (pseudonym: Mrs Willett, 1874-1956), British suffragette, politician, philanthropist, patron of the arts and spiritualist who engaged in automatic writing

Henry Tate (1819-1899), the businessman and philanthropist, pictured c.1897. Tates name is synominous with British sugar and British art

Rowton House, Kings Cross, London
The Kings Cross Rowton House (built in 1894) at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built

Mrs John D. Rockefeller
MRS JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (nee Laura Celestia Spelman) Wife of the millionaire industrialist & philanthropist Date: 1839 - 1915

Nathan Natty, 1st Baron Rothschild
Liberal politician, banker, philanthropist and father of Walter Rothschild, he built what became the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum

Vidal Sassoon - British hairdresser
Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012), British hairdresser, businessman and philanthropist, is credited with creating the wedge bob. Date: 1966

William Hesketh Lever, Lord Leverhulme
William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925), later Lord Leverhulme, soap manufacturer and philanthropist. Founder of Port Sunlight, the model community built on the Wirral to accommodate his employees

Lady Muriel Paget & children, WW1
Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

Lady Howard de Walden
Portrait of Lady Howard de Walden, formerly Margherita van Raalte before her marriage, founder and President of Queen Charlottes Ball, the highlight of the debutante season

Haji Gookool Meah Mosque St. James, Trinidad
Haji Gookool Meah Mosque St. James, a district of Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. - named after the industrialist and philanthropist Haji Gokool Meah (18471939)

Prison reformer John Howard visiting a prison
An engraving of Francis Wheatleys 1787 painting of John Howard Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison. Howard (third from right) (1726-1790)

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

Thomas Wilson, English philanthropist
Thomas Wilson (1764-1843), English philanthropist, Congregationalist, involved in educational and theological causes, Director of the London Missionary Society. circa 1830s

John Cory - coal-owner and ship-owner
John Cory (18281910) - British philanthropist, coal-owner, and ship-owner. Cory Way is named after him in the eastern area of Barry Docks

Baroness Burdett Coutts. Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (21 April 1814 30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was a nineteenth-century philanthropist

Rockefeller - Humorous postcard relating to his wealth
Rockefellers money is tainted - Taint Mine, Taint Yours! Humorous postcard relating to the staggering wealth of John D. Rockefeller

Claudio Lopez Bru, second Marquis of Comillas (1853-1925). E
Claudio Lopez Bru, second Marquis of Comillas (1853-1925). Spanish businessman and philanthropist. Engraving by J. Dieguez. The Illustration. Spanish-American Magazine, 1890. Colored

Antonio Lopez y Lopez (1817-1883). First Marquis of Comillas. Businessman, banker and philanthropist Spanish. Engraving by Paris. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1876. Colored

August Hermann Francke (1663-1727). Engraving. Colored
August Hermann Francke (1663-1727). German Lutheran clergyman. Engraving in The Universal History, 1885. Colored

Maurice de Hirsch (1831 A?o??n? 1896). Was a German-Jewish philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry

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