2nd April 2021
By Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science - HM Queen Mother at the formal opening of the new library in the Lionel Robbins Building, 10th July 1979Uploaded by Fæ, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15341989
Established in 1882 as The London Guild by Lady Wolverton, the guild was created when a matron from a Dorset orphanage asked for 24 pairs of knitted socks and 12 jerseys for the children in her care. The small guild provided no less than two garments for each child at the orphanage, but it wasn’t until a few years later, in 1885, that the guild would become connected to Britain’s Royal Family.