Frank Buttle
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William Francis Buttle | |
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Born | |
Died | Haggerston, London, England, UK | 11 February 1953
Citizenship | British |
Organization | Buttle UK |
Known for | Founding the Frank Buttle Trust (later Buttle UK) |
Frank Buttle (19 October 1878 – 11 February 1953),[1] was a priest of the Church of England and the founder of Buttle UK.
Early life
William Francis Buttle was born in Brixton on 19 October 1878. He was a son of William Buttle, a solicitor, and Mary Wilby, daughter of William Henry Ward, a builder. Soon after Frank’s birth, the family moved to Woldingham, near Croydon. Frank was educated at Whitgift Grammar School.
Having first trained as a solicitor, his real ambition was to become a clergyman. He went first to the
In December 1950, the
Work
Child welfare issues
Frank Buttle was perhaps the first person to challenge the abuses of baby farming – the taking in of infants to nurse for payment – and to offer the very practical alternative of adoption.[citation needed] On the outbreak of war in August 1914, Buttle began his child welfare work, especially in connection with children rendered homeless and orphaned through the war.[citation needed] He formed the National Adoption Society, and by 1930, 3,000 adoptions had been arranged and a home for unmarried mothers was established in Surrey. It was later renamed and ultimately merged with Parents and Children Together
The Frank Buttle Trust
Buttle's activities expanded to include the large numbers of children for whom no adopters could be found, in addition to continuing to help adopted and orphaned children.[citation needed]
Buttle subsequently raised £1 million to create an endowment meant to support 1000 children each year. Upon his death in 1953, he was £80,000 short of his objective. Later that year, the full amount was raised and the two "Buttle Trusts" he had originally established in 1937 were amalgamated and became operational. His brother Gladwin Buttle, physician and pharmacologist, acted as chairman of the trust from 1953 to 1974. In March 2011, The Frank Buttle Trust changed its name to Buttle UK.[2] The endowment is worth almost £50 million today and provides around £1 million of income each year that supports the charity's running costs.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Buttle UK History". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Report and Financial Statements, Year Ended 31 March 2011" (PDF). Buttle UK. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.