Chairman of the Trust
Buxton Building Restoration
Project Buxton Restore
Restoring the Buxton Building: Preserving 113 years of education legacy. To make a lasting difference, Donate to the Project.
Project Buxton Restore
Restoring the Buxton Building: Preserving 113 years of education legacy. To make a lasting difference, Donate to the Project.
CALLING ALL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS.
SUPPORT THE BUXTON BUILDING RESTORATION
PRESERVING 113 YEARS OF EDUCATION LEGACY.
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The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men—between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant—is energy, invincible determination—a purpose once fixed, and then—death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Sir Stephen Lushington a British judge, Member of Parliament, and a radical for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment. He was influential in the transfer of the Funds of Lady Mico Charity to establish educational institutions in the West Indies.
Former Trustee
The First chairman for the Lady Mico Charity from 1836-1845, and superintended of the Negro Education Grant. Under his leadership, four teachers; colleges, and 300 elementary schools were set up by the charity in the British colonies of Mauritius, the Seychelles, and the West Indies. This was during the period of apprenticeship.
Former Trustee
The first citizen outside of the United Kingdom to become a Trustee of the Lady Mico Trust. Professor Miller became a Trustee in 1984.
Former Trustee
The Lady Mico Charity was established in 1835 by an Act of Parliament in England and Wales. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton spearheaded this initiative and became the first chairman of the Charity The members of the Lady Mico Charity went to work immediately and established what is now the longest sustained education Charity in the West Indies The Mico University College in Kingston Jamaica remains the only one of the four teachers’ colleges and 300 elementary schools that were established in the British colonies of Mauritius, Seychelles, and the West Indies during the period of apprenticeship. the Charity to Trust and continued its philanthropic work. The objective of The Lady Mico Trust are to give support, over and above that available from the Government of Jamaica to the Mico University College in Kingston, Jamaica, and more generally to assist the promotion of education of young persons in the West indies
In recent years all available finance has been directed towards the work of the University College, in which the trustees maintain a strong interest and continues to contribute greatly to the training of teachers at the University College. The Trustees consider that, within their limited resources, they have fully complied with the duty of Public Interest laid upon them under section 4 of the Charities Act 2006. Since the beginning of the Lady Mico Trust, members of the Buxton family have lead in the sustainability and mission of the Trust. Another note of significance is that in over 150 years of history of the Lady Mico Trust, Professor the Honourable Errol Lawrence Miller, OJ. was the first and only citizen outside of the United Kingdom that was accorded the position as Trustee of the Lady Mico Trust. In the year 2000, the assets of the Lady Mico Trust in Jamaica were presented to The Mico Foundation, which now acts as the chief custodian for all tangible assets of The Mico.
