Local Benefactors & Philanthropists

Contents:

• General Points
• Local Benefactors & Philanthopists
• Local Charities

General Points

During the Victorian age, there were many social reformers, benefactors and philanthropists who helped the poor and needy of the area, and who contributed to the general public good

Crabtree has a long section on public charities and bequests in the district

Local Benefactors & Philanthopists

Edward Akroyd The Akroyd family of Halifax Jonathan Akroyd John Appleyard John Appleyard Joshua Appleyard Rev Hugh Atwell Samuel Baines John Baldwin Samuel Watson Batty Mary Bedford Rev Joseph Birch British Workman House Robert Brook John Brooke Joseph Brooksbank Andrew Carnegie John Caygill George Clegg Rev Richard Clegg William Clegg Sir Savile Brinton Crossley Jane & Bryan Crowther Mrs Jane Crowther Joseph Crowther Mrs Susanna Danson Phoebe Dickinson Mrs Sally Walton The family of John Farrar Mary Farrar John Fielden Samuel Fielden Sir Algernon Freeman Firth Thomas Firth John Foster John Henry Foster George Foxcroft John Greenwood Henry Haigh Halifax Citizens Guild Dr Jeremiah Hall Robert Halstead Ann Holt Miss Hopkinson Mrs Ellen Hopkinson Thomas Horton Robert Inman Mrs Charles Knapp Mary Law Henry Lee Rev Dr George Legh Mrs Masters-Whittaker Henry Charles McCrea Thomas Mitchell Jane Moss

Edward Navey Richard Nicall Joshua Nicholson Dr John Oakley Richard Oastler Peter Ormerod Elizabeth Porter Thomas Porter Richard Priestley Christopher Rawdon James Rawdon William Henry Rawson Ernest Shaw Redman Charles Robertshaw John Robinson Richard Rookes The Rydings, Brighouse Gilbert Ryley Rev John Ryley Sir Titus Salt Sir Henry Savile Samuel Shaw John Smith John Smyth Ann Snydall Sidney Squire Sir William Staines Charles Stockwell Peter Sunderland Samuel Sunderland Anthony Sutcliffe John Sutcliffe Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker John Tenant Mrs Frances Thornhill William Townend Jonathan Turner James Waddington Josiah Wade Robert Wade Elizabeth Wadsworth Edward Wainhouse Isaac Walton Catharine Grace Doherty Waterhouse Nathaniel Waterhouse Emma Jane Watkinson Daughter of Christopher Wetherherd Joseph Whitaker Henry Whiteley Nathan Whitley Percival Nathan Whitley Thomas Whitley Mary Wilkinson Thomas Wilkinson Sarah Jane Yates The Hall family

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