Lady Margaret Holt Society
Recognising your lasting legacy
Lady Margaret HoltChristie Supporter's Seminars are part of the Lady Margaret Holt Society -
an organisation set up to provide a forum for old and new supporters who may be
thinking of leaving something in their will to Christie's.
Money received from bequests is a very valuable source of income for the
hospital. Many of the important projects underway rely on the generosity of
kind-hearted people who had the foresight to include a donation to us in their
will. In our last financial year, we received £2.5 million in legacies which
has all gone towards research and treatment at The Christie, bringing real hope
to those affected by cancer.
Much of The Christie's success in the battle against cancer has been
built on legacies. Half of the first £10,000 needed to set up the first Cancer
Pavilion and Home in Manchester in 1892 came from the estate of Mr Daniel
Proctor. The Home was built on land left to Owen's College by the Whitworth
estate.
The Holt family, founders of Manchester brewers Joseph Holt Ltd, became
generous benefactors of the Hospital in the early years of the 20th century. In
1914 Sir Edward Holt senior helped raise funds to purchase radium for the
Manchester and District Radium Institute, eventually named the Holt Radium
Institute in his honour, The family tradition was continued by his son, Sir
Edward Holt junior, whose wife, Lady Margaret Holt, chaired Christie's Women's
Auxiliary Committee, later the Women's Trust Fund, from 1939-1977 and remained
as its President until 1988. When Lady Holt died in 1997 she bequeathed her
estate to The Christie, a legacy of over £8 million.
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