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UKPA - UK Philanthropy Archive
NBC - National Benevolent Charity Archive
3 - Operational
3 - Patronage, funds and investments
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UKPA/NBC/3/3/8
Collection
National Benevolent Charity Archive
Title
Trust of Frances George Knowles Foster and The Tapestries, Windsor
Date
19th-20th century
Extent
2 boxes
Description
Miss Frances George Knowles Foster (1884-1926) founded a group of alms-houses in the Old Windsor Tapestry Works buildings in Windsor c.1924. In 1950, her trustees passed the buildings to the National Benevolent Charity.
The Tapestries were converted from an old tapestry factory which closed operations in 1890. It was offered for auction in 1904 and sold to the financier David Ricardo, whose son sold it to Frances George Knowles Foster in 1924.
Access conditions
This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
Copyright
Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study.
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