Humphrey Chetham
(1580-1653)
merchant, General Treasurer of Lancashire, and High Sheriff of Lancashire (from 1635)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Chetham's Hospital Manor House of Thomas de la Warre given to the Collegiate Church (now Cathedral) in 1421. In 1653 Humphrey Chetham founded a school and free public library. Became a music school in 1969
Long Millgate, Manchester, United Kingdom where they founded a school and founded a free public library