Adele Meyer
Adele Meyer, Lady Meyer, (1862/3–1930) was an English socialite, social reformer, philanthopist and suffragist.
Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet
British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician who, with Ludwig Mond, created the chemical company Brunner Mond.
John Kemp Starley
Inventor of the safety bicycle and founder of what became known as the Rover car manufacturing company.
Dorothy Legh
Born Dorothy Egerton (1565–1639), also Dorothy Brereton, Lady of the Manor of Worsley, was a coal owner and benefactor of Ellenbrook Chapel near her home in Worsley, Lancashire.
Humphrey Chetham
English merchant responsible for the creation of Chetham’s Hospital and Chetham’s Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.
John Rylands
John Rylands (7 February 1801 – 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and Manchester’s first multi-millionaire.
Edward Akroyd
Industrialist, politician and philanthropist.
John White, 1st Baron Overtoun
Scottish chemical manufacturer, supporter of religious causes, philanthropist and Liberal politician