Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845) by George Richmond, 1844 Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery / private collection
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Fry [née Gurney], Elizabeth (1780–1845), penal reformer and philanthropist, was born on 21 May 1780 at Magdalen Street, Norwich, the fourth of twelve children, seven daughters and five sons, of John Gurney (1749–1809), a merchant and banker, and Catherine Bell (1754–1792). Her parents were both descendants of old Quaker families, ...
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James Neild (1744–1814) by Samuel De Wilde, 1804 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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G. Le G. Norgate
revised by Stephen M. Lee
Neild, James (1744–1814), penal reformer and philanthropist, was born on 24 May 1744 at Knutsford, Cheshire. His father's death left his mother to support Neild and his four siblings by continuing her business as a linen draper. After a very brief education Neild...
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Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, second baronet (1746–1820) by Robert William Sievier, 1825 The Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Nicholas Herbert
Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus, second baronet (1746–1820), prison reformer and philanthropist, was born on 9 February 1746 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, the son of Sir Onesiphorus Paul, first baronet (bap. 1706, d. 1774), a successful woollen manufacturer, and his first wife, Jane (c...
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Eve Colpus
Tree [née Cavendish], Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice (1927–2010), philanthropist and prison visitor, was born on 6 November 1927 at 2 Upper Belgrave Street, London, the third daughter of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, marquess of Hartington and later tenth duke of Devonshire (1895–1950)...
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Venning, John (1776–1858), prison reformer and philanthropist, was born at Totnes, Devon, on 20 May 1776, the son of Walter Venning, a merchant, and Mary Ann, his wife. He attended Totnes grammar school and, at the age of fourteen, followed his elder brother ...
