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Lord Wharton's Charity

Catalogue reference: LWC

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This record is about the Lord Wharton's Charity dating from 1786-2003.

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Reference: LWC
Title: Lord Wharton's Charity
Date: 1786-2003
Description: This collection consists of minutes, accounts and printed material. Mainly 19th-20th century.
Held by: Lambeth Palace Library
Creator(s): Lord Wharton's Charity
Physical description: 24 files
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by the Lord Wharton Trustees, 1979. Deposit converted to a gift, 2017, and further papers added (LWC 3A, 3B, 21, 22; plus further uncatalogued material).
Administrative / biographical background: The Lord Wharton Charity was founded in 1692 by Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, who conveyed property at Syningthwaite and Bilton, West Riding of Yorkshire, to trustees. This was to be used for the purchase of bibles, catechisms, and other books for poor children in Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmorland and Buckinghamshire. Lord Wharton's Charity had a mixture of Church of England and nonconformist trustees. In the Scheme of 1896 there were 9 trustees, with the Church of England appointing 5 and the nonconformists 4. In the scheme of 1992 the Church of England appoints 4 and the others 3.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ef596f88-b972-41a7-a641-f0214d5783fd/