Somerset’s Mental Defectives: Opening of Sandhill Park Institution by Dame Monica Wills: County Council’s Two-fold Achievement: The Late Mr. H. H. Wills’ Generosity – A Magnificent Institution: “That this meeting, representative of the Government departments and of Somerset public bodies concerned with the care of the feeble-minded, and of Somerset men and women interested in their welfare, places upon record its gratitude to the late Mr. H. H. Wills and Dame Monica Wills for their generous gifts (approximately £25,000) which have enabled this mansion of Sandhill Park to be so admirably adapted for a home for feeble minded girls in need of care and training and to form the nucleus of a farm and industrial colony” … … The Influence of Beautiful Surroundings: Mrs. Pinsent, in moving the resolution at the head of this report, remarked how very much, not only Somerset, but the whole of England were indebted to Mr. Wills for that tremendous gift, and also the other ladies and gentlemen who had collected such a very large sum of money to help forward that great work …. … (discussion of acquisition of property) …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949