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Orphan Schools in Madras

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Charity School
==Charity School==
*Prior to 1789 a St Mary’s Charity School existed in the Fort was established in 1715. [http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=RA1-PA439 Limited View Google Books] page 439, ''The MadrasTercentenary Commemoration Volume'' 1994 reprint, original 1939. Church Orphans appear to have been supported from an even earlier date. [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpuS_iV5B-4C&pg=PA68 Limited View Google Books] page 68, in connection with ''Fort St. MaryGeorge, Madras''s Churchby Fanny Emily Penny 2009? reprint , which original 1900? The School provided for the education and support of a limited number of the orphans of Europeans in India, without reference to the professions of the parents of the orphans. Page 223 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223 link], published 1855.
*This institution appears to have amalgamated with the Civil Orphan Asylums in 1872. (Refer below)
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