House Surgeon at the North-Eastern Hospital for Children
Dr Gwilym James
1879–1949
A physician and Royal Army Medical Corps officer recorded as a house surgeon at the children’s hospital in the 1911 census.
Biographical research
People behind the archive
Writers, organisers, patrons and hospital staff whose lives intersected with The Whitwar and the Little Folks Ward.
Chairman of the North-Eastern Hospital for Children
Lord William Cecil CVO
1854–1943
An army officer and royal courtier who served as chairman of the children’s hospital during its early twentieth-century development.
Patron and hospital supporter
Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil
1857–1919
The 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney, associated with charitable and hospital work and the family network supporting the institution.
Founder and editress of The Whitwar
Miss Gladys Evelyn Warren
1891–1979
Gladys Warren created The Whitwar at the age of twelve and led its writing, competitions and fundraising for sick and poor children.
Royal patron and supporter
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
1848–1939
Queen Victoria’s sixth child, artist and charitable patron, who opened the hospital’s new building in July 1904.
Philanthropist and hospital president
Susan Margaret St Maur, Duchess of Somerset
1853–1913
A prominent philanthropist and president of the North-Eastern Hospital for Children during an important period of expansion.
Hospital secretary, 1893–1930
Thomas Glenton-Kerr
1867–1930
The long-serving secretary whose work helped guide the North-Eastern Hospital for Children through expansion and financial pressure.
Patron and local public figure
William Tyssen-Amherst
1835–1909
The 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, bibliophile, collector and member of a family closely connected with the hospital.