▁Found ling ▁Hospital ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 1 ▁to ▁look ▁after ▁these ▁unw anted ▁or ph ans ▁in ▁Lamb ' s ▁Con du it ▁Field s , ▁Blo oms bury . ▁This , ▁the ▁first ▁such ▁char ity ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁preced ent ▁for ▁incorpor ated ▁associ ational ▁char ities ▁in ▁general . ▁ ▁Jon as ▁Han way , ▁another ▁notable ▁phil anth rop ist ▁of ▁the ▁En light en ment ▁era , ▁established ▁The ▁Marine ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 6 ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁se af ar er ' s ▁char ity , ▁in ▁a ▁bid ▁to ▁aid ▁the ▁rec ruit ment ▁of ▁men ▁to ▁the ▁n avy . ▁By ▁ 1 7 6 3 ▁the ▁Society ▁had ▁rec ru ited ▁over ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁men ; ▁an ▁Act ▁of ▁Parliament ▁incorpor ated ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁Han way ▁was ▁also ▁instrument al ▁in ▁establish ing ▁the ▁Mag d alen ▁Hospital ▁to ▁re h abil itate ▁prost it utes . ▁These ▁organizations ▁were ▁fund ed ▁by ▁subscription ▁and ▁run ▁as ▁volunt ary ▁associations . ▁They ▁raised ▁public ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁their ▁activities ▁through ▁the ▁emer ging ▁popular ▁press ▁and ▁were ▁generally ▁held ▁in ▁high ▁social ▁regard ▁- ▁some ▁char ities ▁received ▁state ▁recognition ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁royal ▁char ter . ▁ ▁Char ities ▁also ▁began ▁to ▁adopt ▁campaign ing ▁roles , ▁where ▁they ▁would ▁champion ▁a ▁cause ▁and ▁lo bb y ▁the ▁government ▁for ▁legisl