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3 unusual facts about Taylor White


Taylor White

Along with Coram and the Duke of Richmond, White and his fellow Governors were present on the evening of 25 March 1741 when the first children arrived.

A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was the patron of several prominent wildlife and botanical artists including Peter Paillou, George Edwards, Benjamin Wilkes, and Georg Dionysius Ehret.

He also commissioned a large marine painting from Charles Brooking for the Committee Room and a painted glass window from William Peckitt for the Hospital's chapel.



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