Philanthropy.- Hanbury (William) The History of the Rise and Progress of the Charitable Foundations at Church-Langton, errata/advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription "Thomas Rudd 1760" to title, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving old label, [Kress 6444; Not in Goldsmiths'], J.Dodsley, 1767 § [Queen Anne's Bounty], first edition, black letter, woodcut Royal arms, first leaf soiled, Patent Office library stamp in blue at beginning and end, later half calf, [Goldsmiths' 4105], Charles Bill, 1704 § Cowe (James) Religious and Philanthropic Acts, first edition, half-title, original wrappers inscribed "From the Author" in ink, uncut, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Not in Goldsmiths' or Kress], J.Robson..., 1797 § Essays on the Principles of Charitable Institutions, with 5pp. prospectus for a second part (not published) & 12pp. catalogue at end, original cloth, recased preserving original spine, new endpapers, 1836, first editions, rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo & folio (6)

⁂ Hanbury, the Rector of Church Langton in Leicestershire, "having a natural genius for planting and gardening,...had...begun to make extensive plantations and gardens in this parish, and in two other parishes adjoining, those of Gumley and Tur Langton, procuring for this purpose seeds and plants from all quarters, and especially from North America. His plantations were reckoned in 1758 to be worth at least 10,000l...He proposed to vest his gardens in a body of trustees, who were annually to dispose of the produce, and devote the proceeds to the creation of a fund. When this fund should reach 1,500l. the interest was to be applied to the decoration of the church at Langton, the providing an organ, and the support of an organist and schoolmaster; when it should reach 4,000l. a village hospital was to be founded, and advowsons were to be bought to enable the trustees to reward deserving clergymen by preferment." Further plans included a library, picture gallery, hospital for women and finally a choral college at Oxford. "In 1777, the year before his death, the annual income amounted to 190l. 17s., which was regularly invested till, in 1863, it had risen to about 900l. The trustees then applied to the court of chancery." DNB. Despite not attaining the heights of Hanbury's vision a charity in his name still exists today.