![[Jonas_Hanway_by_James_Northcote.jpg|300]] - Jonas Hanway ([[1712]]-[[1786]]) [[British]] [[philanthropist]], [[eccentric]], and one of the first men in [[London]] to carry an [[umbrella]] – which made him both famous and ridiculed. - He was strongly anti-[[tea]]. - Prolific [[writer]]. - Social reformer, doing charity for children – getting boys into naval service and helping [[chimney sweeps]]. *** Page created on. [[2025-01-22]]