Sion College

Sion College, on the Victoria Embankment, London, was founded in 1623 as a college and almshouse on the site of a priory in London Wall, by the benefaction of Dr White. A library was added soon after, and the college was incorporated by charters of 1630 and 1664. The college consists of the incumbents of the City of London and its suburbs, who appoint a governing body. Changes were made in the constitution in 1884, the almshouse for ten old men and ten old women being abolished, and a sum being devoted to the maintenance of pensioners (now forty in number); and the new building having been erected on the embankment at a cost of £26,000, the college and library (now a large and valuable one, easily accessible to the public) were transferred hither in 1886.—For Sion House, see ISLEWORTH.