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Does anyone have any information that they can share with me of Harley House in Bow.I am lookinghow to find out if my gg uncle left the UK to become a missionary abroad.

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The Regions Beyond Mission. Continued
The central office is the old headquarters, Harley House, 51, Bow Road, E., and the secretary is the Rev. W. Wilkes, a returned missionary from the Congo. ...

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Regions Beyond Missionary Union Archive, Parts 1 to 5
The Institute moved to larger premises in Harley House in Bow later in that year . From the outset, the Institute was interdenominational and international, ...

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Henry Grattan Guinness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The East London Institute (Harley House) training center for missionaries. ... Institute (also called Harley College) at Harley House in Bromley-by-Bow, ...

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Henry Grattan Guinness D. D. (11 August 1835 – 21 June 1910) was an Irish Protestant Christian preacher, evangelist and author. He was the great evangelist of the Evangelical Awakening and preached during the Ulster Revival of 1859 which drew thousands to hear him. He was responsible for training and sending hundreds of "faith missionaries" all over the world.


[edit] Irish roots
Guinness was born in Kingstown In Taney, Dublin, Ireland. He was the grandson of Arthur Guinness and Olivia Whitmore. His parents were John Grattan Guinness and Jane Lucretia D'Esterre. Henry began preaching in 1855 but was bitterly opposed by the Roman Catholic Church. He married Fanny E. Fitzgerald in 1860.

The Dublin Daily Express wrote in 1858:

“ Mr. Guinness preached yesterday in York Street Chapel. The attendance was greater than on any former occasion. In the evening it amounted to 1600, and if there were a place large enough, five times the number would have been present, to hear this highly gifted preacher. The interest which he has excited has daily increased and probably will continue to do so, during his labours in Dublin. An enormous crowd pressed for admittance. Judges, members of Parliament, orators, Fellows of College, lights of the various professions, the rank and fashion of the metropolis have been drawn out. Among them the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Justice of Appeal, etc. ”

[edit] Work in London

The East London Institute (Harley House) training center for missionaries.He offered to join the China Inland Mission founded by James Hudson Taylor in 1865, but took Taylor's advice to continue his work in London.

In March, 1873 Henry and wife Fanny started the famous East London Missionary Training Institute (also called Harley College) at Harley House in Bromley-by-Bow, East End of London with just six students. The renowned Dr. Thomas Barnardo was co-director with Dr. Guinness and greatly influenced by him. The school trained 1330 missionaries for 30 societies of 30 denominations.

Harley College became so successful it needed a larger home. In 1883, Elizabeth Hulme offered Guinness "Cliff House" near Calver, Derbyshire. Harley College was renamed Hulme Cliff College. Now known as Cliff College it continues to this day training and equipping Christians for mission and evangelism.

In 1877 Guinness founded the Livingstone Inland Mission. In 1888, the Congo-Baolo Mission, and in 1898 initiated the Regions Beyond Missionary Union.

Hi Thank You to all of you for the help.Allison

Has anyone bought info from this adam matthew site for geneology purposes?.
It seems the site is for lecturers etc.