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Henry Robinson Hartley

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Death duties swallowed one half of Hartley's £100,000 estate. His daughter challenged his will and took a portion of the residual value. Using the remaining funds, the City of Southampton founded the Hartley Institute (1862) by combining a museum, library and venue for public lectures. This Institute
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In 1821 he inherited a townhouse and a considerable fortune on his mother's death. He led a reclusive life and, in 1825, left Southampton never to return, spending his time between Calais in France and
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was a failure and was annulled in 1802. He disputed the paternity of their only daughter, Sarah Anne, and never publicly acknowledged her.
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became, in turn, Hartley College (1896), Hartley University College (1902), University College of Southampton (1914), and eventually the
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which gave him problems during the rest of his life. His marriage to Celia Anne Crowcher (1779–1848) on 24 November 1798 at
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Henry's parents were Henry Hartley (1731–1800) and Susanna née Lavender (1742–1821). His father was a
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who had inherited a successful wine business from his childless uncle George Robinson (1700–1776).
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Benefactor behind the founding of the Hartley Institute (today's
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for the opening of the Hartley Institute on 15 October 1862
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Index


Lord Palmerston
Southampton
Hampshire
Calais
France
Bunhill Fields
London
University of Southampton
Southampton
Calais
eccentric
philanthropist
University of Southampton
mayor
Justice of the Peace
Calvinist
Holyrood Church
King Edward VI School, Southampton
libertine
venereal disease
St Mary's Church, Portsea
Newington, Surrey
Calais
Bunhill Fields
University of Southampton


"The HARTLEY Surname Hall of Fame"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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