The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an old soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse — the ancient sense of the word "hospital" — by King
Figure Court of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
An inscription on the statue of a Pensioner outside the hospital
Sir Stephen Fox (1627–1716), the inspiration behind the founding of the hospital, and a generous benefactor. Portrait by John James Baker, collection of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Sergeant William Hiseland, [1620–1732] an English Civil War cavalier and one of the first pensioners to be admitted to the Royal Hospital in London
Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton was a British Army officer. He was the commandment of the Moreton Bay penal colony in Australia.
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London.