William Chorley and his family, including his wife, daughter and grandson It has been published by Guild Care. The authors are Chris Hare and Lela Tredwell, who both live in Worthing. Chris explains: “In the years before the welfare state and the NHS, poorer people were entirely reliant on charity for their health care. Few charities did more to help the disadvantaged than the Southern Convalescent Homes, founded by Victorian preacher and philanthropist, William Chorley. “For decades the poor of London found rest, recuperation and convalescence in the homes opened by Chorley in Lancing. So it was that for over one hundred years, Lancing and the capital were linked together in a joint enterprise of caring.