Laurence Sulivan (1783–1866)

{{Short description|British statesman and philanthropist}}

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Laurence Sulivan PC (1783–1866) was a British statesman and philanthropist, Deputy Secretary at War.

He was the grandson of Laurence Sulivan MP, chairman of the East India Company.

He was the Deputy Secretary at War.{{cite web|title=Sulivan, Laurence (1783-1866) Deputy Secretary at War|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P27687|work=National Archives|accessdate=15 December 2013}}

He endowed the "Elizabethan Ragged School" (now the Castle Club), Broomhouse Lane, Fulham, London, named in honour of his wife Elizabeth, the younger sister of the Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. It later became a school for tubercular children run by the LCC and then a youth club.{{NHLE|desc=CASTLE CLUB SULLIVAN HOUSE (THAMES, EAST AND SOUTH LODGES)|num=1286984|accessdate=15 December 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sulivan Court Estate|url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=HAF066|work=London Gardens Online|publisher=London Parks and Gardens Trust|accessdate=15 December 2013}}