Hannah Aldworth
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Hannah Aldworth (? - 1778) was a philanthropist and Inspector in charge of supervising the care of foundling children in the Newbury area for the Foundling Hospital in London.
Biography
Hannah was one of the daughters of Samuel Slocock, a prosperous brewer in the Newbury area.[1]
From around 1759 to 1768 Hannah supervised the care of children by nurses in her local area as an Inspector, a voluntary yet important role to the Hospital's operation and the expansion of care for foundling children in the eighteenth century.[2] It is thought that her sister Naomi Southby was also an Inspector, a connection with reflects the shared role of women Inspectors amidst familial and social networks.[3]
Hannah's will indicates that she left a generous gift of £800 to the endow parish alms houses.[4] She died 'greatly and deservedly respected'.[5]
Her portrait now hangs in the St Nicolas Church in Newbury.
References
- ^ Correspondence of the Foundling Hospital inspectors in Berkshire, 1757-68. Clark, Gillian (Independent researcher), Berkshire Record Society. Reading: Berkshire Record Society. 1994. ISBN 0952494604. OCLC 32203580.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Ladies of Quality and Distinction Exhibition Catalogue, ed. by Kathleen Palmer, published by the Foundling Museum (2018).
- ^ A/FH/A/6/1/12/17/8. Foundling Hospital Archive, London Metropolitan Archives
- ^ "National Archives, Will of Hannah Aldworth, PROB 11/1042/307".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ E. Slocock, Incidents connected with the Slocock Family of Newbury, Berks, from 1666-1800 AD, 1938; V.F.M Garlick, Newbury Charities and Gifts (1972), p. 54.
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