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Home for Gentlewoman

Home for Gentlewoman, 25, Queen Square, established 1849, affording a home to ladies in reduced circumstances.

Average income between £1,400 and £1,500, dependent on voluntary contributions, and the payment by the inmates of 10s. per week. Income last year, £1,473.

Treasurer, Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P.—Sub-Treasurer, Rev. M. W. Lusignan, M. A.—Hon. Secretary, Rev. Alfred J. Buss.—Collector, Mr. W. Chaplin.


SOURCE: The Charities of London, by Samuel Low, Jun., London: Sampson Low, Son,
and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1861.