Canon George Portal, patron of Portal House. 19th century portrait [?]

1222a: Portrait of The Revd Canon George Raymond Portal, Founder of The National Deposit Friendly Society.
The Society was founded in 1868 as the Surrey County Benefit Society but soon grew to become a national healthcare organisation and became the largest of the Friendly Societies.

1222b: Not scanned. Typescript transcript of an article from the Dover Express, 23 July 1920 – ‘The National Deposit Friendly Society, on Friday last, opened the Portal House, formerly Morley House, which is for the use of the members as a convalescent home. It has been entirely renovated and has over 100 beds’.