The Greenwich Hospital (Provision for Widows) Act 1863
WHEREAS among the Objects intended to be provided for by the Endowment of Greenwich Hospital was the Sustentation of the Widows of Seamen happening to be slain, killed, or drowned in the Sea Service of the Crown, as far as the Resources of the Hospital would extend, and according to the Rules, Orders, and Constitutions to be provided in that Behalf: And whereas it is expedient that Portion of the Revenues of the Hospital should now be applied, as herein-after provided, for the Relief of such ...