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Orphan Schools in Madras

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Charity School
==Charity School==
*St Mary’s Charity School in the Fort was established in 1715. [http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=RA1-PA439 Limited View Google Books] page 439, ''The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume'' 1994 reprint, original 1939. Church Orphans appear to have been supported from an even earlier date. , according to page 68 [http://bookswww.googlearchive.comorg/stream/fortstgeorgemad02penngoog#page/n106/mode/books?id=gpuS_iV5B-4C&pg=PA68 Limited View Google Books] 1up page 68, ''Fort St. George, Madras'' ] by Fanny Emily Penny 2009? reprint , original 1900? Archive.org. 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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