List of Cornish philanthropists
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This is a list of Cornish people
and others resident in Cornwall
who are known for their philanthropic work.
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
and others resident in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
who are known for their philanthropic work.
- Ralph AllenRalph AllenRalph Allen was an entrepreneur and philanthropist, and was notable for his reforms to the British postal system. He was baptised at St Columb Major, Cornwall on 24 July 1693. As a teenager he worked at the Post Office. He moved in 1710 to Bath, where he became a post office clerk, and at the age...
, entrepreneur and philanthropist - Thomasine, Lady PercivalThomasine, Lady PercivalThomasine, Lady Percival, née Thomasine Bonaventure , was an English benefactress and founder of a school.-Biography:The story is of a woman tending sheep when she was approached by a London merchant and asked whether she would care to work in his house in London...
(Thomasine Bonaventure) - Elizabeth Carne, geologist and philanthropist
- Helena CharlesHelena CharlesHelena Charles , was a Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist and poet.She was a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of Maghteth Boudycca...
, Cornish nationalist and humanitarian - Prince Chula ChakrabongseChula ChakrabongseHis Royal Highness Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Siam , was a member of the Siamese Royal Family, and the House of Chakrabhongse...
- John Passmore EdwardsJohn Passmore EdwardsJohn Passmore Edwards was a British journalist, newspaper owner and philanthropist. The son of a carpenter, he was born in Blackwater, a small village between Redruth and Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom.-Biography:...
- Anna Maria FoxAnna Maria FoxAnna Maria Fox was a promoter of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society and the artistic and cultural development of Falmouth in Cornwall, UK.-Family links:...
, benefactor to Falmouth - Sir Robert GeffryeRobert GeffryeSir Robert Geffrye was an English merchant and Lord Mayor of London.He was born at Landrake, near Saltash, Cornwall and moved to London where he became an eminent East India merchant and was knighted in 1673...
, Lord Mayor of London - Alice HextAlice HextAlice Hext was a Cornish philanthropist, garden developer and magistrate. She was the owner of the Trebah Estate and leisure garden, near Falmouth in Cornwall from 1907 to her death in 1939,...
- Emily HobhouseEmily HobhouseEmily Hobhouse was a British welfare campaigner, who is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the poor conditions inside the British concentration camps in South Africa built for Boer women and children during the Second Boer War.-Early...
- John KnillJohn KnillJohn Knill born at Callington in Cornwall was a slightly eccentric mayor of St Ives, Cornwall, in 1767 and Collector of Customs at St Ives from 1762–1782. He built his own memorial, a high granite obelisk known as Knill's steeple...
, mayor of St Ives - Philip MelvillPhilip MelvillPhilip Melvill was a nineteenth century philanthropist of Falmouth, Cornwall .He was born in 1762 in Dunbar, in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland.-Military service:...
, benefactor to Falmouth - William P. TreloarWilliam P. TreloarSir William Purdie Treloar, 1st Baronet , was a manufacturer and philanthropist and Lord Mayor of the City of London.-Career:...
, businessman, Lord Mayor of London