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Samuel Lewis Trust

Samuel Lewis Trust

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By Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen Manufacturer and Supplier of Secondary Glazing Selectaglaze Ltd. St Albans TM Secondary Glazing Selectaglaze Ltd, Alban Park, Hatfield Road, st. Albans, Herts AL4 0JJ T: 01727 837271 E: enquiries@selectaglaze.co.uk www.selectaglaze.co.uk @selectaglaze Samuel Lewis Trust Bene fit: W armer T ype: R e furbishment Born in 1837, Samuel Lewis was to become famous and well respected throughout Great Britain as a financier and philanthropist. Upon his death in 1901 he left an endowment of £670,000 (equivalent to £30m today) to set up a charitable trust to provide housing for the poor. The Samuel Lewis Housing Trust completed its first properties in 1910 at Liverpool Road in Islington, north London with an estate consisting of 6 blocks of

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