Burdett-Coutts, Angela

BURDETT-COUTTS, Angela, British philanthropist (b 21 Apr 1814, London, England; d 30 Dec 1906, London, England). At the age of 23 she inherited a vast fortune from her banker grandfather and became one of the richest women in Victorian England. She used the money to embark on a career of philanthropy, much of it in partnership with the writer Charles Dickens. Among her many causes was the endowment of ANGLICAN CHURCH bishoprics overseas, including VANCOUVER ISLAND, where in 1860 Rev George...

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