George Langworthy

He was born in Rusholme in Manchester. In 1895 his wife and him were relocated from England to Malaga. They started living in El Limonar, but three years later, they move to Torremolinos. They lived into and old military fort. In this fort, they created beautiful gardens which transformed the are known as La Punta de Torrelominos. In 1913, his wife died of pneumonia when she was 40. Because of this, he decided to enlist in the British army. But because of his mental situation he was not allowed to fight. When he returned to Torremolinos, he decided to turn into a philanthropist and to help poor people. He transformed his house into a shelter for wounded soldiers, poor people and sicks. He was known as "Inglés de la peseta" because he used to give a peseta in exchange for reading a passage of the Bible. He became the first Torremolinos "adoptive son". When he died he only had a little amount of money, so he decided to transform his old military fort into an hotel called Castillo Santa Clara Hotel. People from all over the world went to Torremolinos to stay there. He started tourism on the Costa del Sol. When he died his money was given to the hotel staff.