St. Mary's Hall, Brighton, known as "The Clergy School," an institution for educating the daughters of poor clergy, founded 1836, although not a London charity, is deserving a reference here, as nearly sui generis, and as closely connected with the metropolis as many suburban institutions. It maintains, clothes, and educates about 120 daughters of clergymen, at a moderate cost. Children of all poor clergymen of the established Church, at home or abroad, are eligible for nomination. Donors of £50, paid in five years, or one payment, are entitled to nominate. The friends of each pupil had to pay £20 per annum and £4 entrance, which covers every expense, including dress, washing, and medical attendance; music, drawing, and German extra.
Income from contributions and legacies (1860), £1319, and from pupils' payments, £2,812.
Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury.—President, the Bishop of Chichester.—Sec. and Treasurer, Rev. H.V. Elliott.
SOURCE: The Charities of London, by Samuel Low, Jun., London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1861.