Jonas Hanway (1712-1786) was a traveller and philanthropist. In his youth he was apprenticed to a merchant in Lisbon, and later travelled to Russia, Persia and Central Asia. He published an account of his travels in 1753, entitled Historical Account of British Travel over the Caspian sea, with a Journal of Travels. On his return to England he devoted his life to philanthropy, founding the Marine Society, becoming a governor of the Foundling Hospital and a founder of the Magdalen Hospital. His last efforts were on behalf of child chimney-sweeps. He published seventy-four pamphlets, and died unmarried.