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Sir Thomas Rich was the benefactor of Sir Thomas Rich's school in Gloucester. As a wealthy merchant he bequeathed £16,000 in his will to "educate the poor boys of the city" and a Blue Coat hospital was founded in 1666. The school today is a boys grammar school (with co-educational sixth form). |
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