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Lancashire Pioneers - Sir Henry Tate

Tate as public benefactor

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Scroll presented to Henry Tate by Liverpool City Council when he received the Freedom of the City.
Scroll presented to Henry Tate by Liverpool City Council when he received the Freedom of the City.
(Image reproduced with permission of Tate and Lyle)
 
1881-2 Contributed £42,000 to the University College London plus larger donations to the Hahnemann Hospital and the Liverpool Royal Infirmary

 

1891 Received honorary freedom of Liverpool

 

1893 Built free libraries for the London Boroughs of Brixton, Streatham and Lambert

 

1897  Built the National Gallery of British Art (Tate Gallery)

 

1899 Donated £500 to Chorley Library for books
Chorley Library c 1900 Tate donated £500 for books for the library
Chorley Library c 1900 Tate donated £500 for books for the library

"Although from early manhood disassociated with the town of his birth, he had not forgotten it and when Alderman Leigh a short time ago appealed to him on behalf of funds for furnishing the new public library, which is to be opened next week, he generously sent a donation of £500."

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