Collection GB 0074 QAF - QUEEN ADELAIDE FUND

0.42 linear metres

GB 0074 QAF 1894-1957 Collection 0.42 linear metres Watch and Clock Makers' Pension Society

The Queen Adelaide Fund was established in 1835 by Col. Clitherow, Chairman of the Committee of Visitors for Hanwell Asylum, for the assistance of patients discharged cured from Hanwell Asylum in Middlesex, "to enable them to make a fresh start in life". It had come to the attention of the chairman of the Asylum, Colonel James Clitherow, that when cured patients were discharged from the asylum many of them were forced to enter the workhouse as their furniture, tools and even clothes had been sold to support their families while they were being treated. The Fund provided such patients with a grant to enable them to resume their jobs and reunite their families. The fund was supported by Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV, who was also a patron of the Hanwell Asylum. She was the first subscriber to the Fund, donating £100 as well as her name.

The Fund was expanded in 1840 and from 1852 it assisted and administered the similar Queen Victoria Fund for Colney Hatch Asylum patients. In 1889 the Queen Victoria Fund was formally consolidated into the Queen Adelaide Fund.

On the formation of the Middlesex County Council and London County Council, two Trustees were appointed from the Councillors of each County Council. However, the administrative and secretarial staff continued to be supplied by the Asylum, and later by Middlesex County Council. The Clerk to the Committee for Hanwell Asylum was originally also Clerk to the Trustees of the Queen Adelaide Fund, but later this position was taken by the Clerk of the Middlesex County Council.

Records received along with those from Hanwell Asylum.

Records of the Queen Adelaide Fund, including letter books, financial accounts, minutes, and history of the Fund.

QAF/001-006: Letter books; QAF/007-011: Administration.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also records of the Fund in the papers of Hanwell Asylum: reference H11/QAF.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Clitherow , James , d 1841 , Colonel of the Westminster Militia , philanthropist Adelaide , 1792-1849 , Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and consort of William IV x Adelaide , Princess of Saxe-Meiningen Financing Finance Medical charities Hospitals Budget contributions Medical institutions Health services Fundraising Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Charities administration Information sources Documents Charity records Queen Adelaide Fund St Bernard's Hospital , 1938-1980 x Middlesex County Asylum , Hanwell , 1831-1889 x London County Asylum , Hanwell , 1889-1917 x London County Mental Hospital , 1918-1928 x Hanwell Mental Hospital , 1929-1937 London England UK Western Europe Europe Ealing Middlesex Hanwell Nonprofit organizations

Records received along with those from Hanwell Asylum.

Records of the Queen Adelaide Fund, including letter books, financial accounts, minutes, and history of the Fund.

QAF/001-006: Letter books; QAF/007-011: Administration.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

• anglais

• latin

English

See also records of the Fund in the papers of Hanwell Asylum: reference H11/QAF.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais