Julia Warde-Aldam

Sarah Julia Warde-Aldam MBE ARRC (née Warde; 1857–1931) was a South Yorkshire estate owner, benefactor and hospital commandant.

[1] On her father's death in 1868, she and her elder sister Mary Ann jointly inherited Hooton Pagnell Hall, near Doncaster, which had been bought by the family of Sir Patience Warde in 1704.

[4] On Willam's father's death in 1890, the couple also inherited Healey Hall in Northumberland,[2] and in 1899 they purchased the estate of Ederline in Argyllshire.

Julia took a keen interest in the houses and estates, most significantly at Hooton Pagnell hall, which she remodelled substantially, giving its current crenellated gothic appearance,[6] and added the East wing, as well as a gatehouse building in a gothic style.

[10] In 1902, Frederick Samuel Willoughby, vicar of Hooton Pagnell, founded St Chad's Hostel to train men for the ministry.