Erection date: 1899
Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, poetess, afterwards wife of Robert Browning, lived here, 1838 - 1846.
'Barrett Barrett' was indeed her maiden name (ensuring one's inheritance sometimes required abnormal naming commitments). The text and sentiment of this plaque seems particularly non-PC to the modern ear.
W1, Wimpole Street, 50
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning plaque
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing ...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning plaque
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861, poet, lived in a house on this site,...
We think this was unveiled in Oct 2015.
English Heritage Sydney Monckton Copeman, 1862-1947, immunologist and developer of smallpox vaccine, lived here.
When Bechet lived here the street was called Southampton Street and he was performing at the Rector’s Club in Tottenham Court Road.
See the Wandsworth chapel for the truth of the 1573 claim.
Unveiled by Sir John Gielgud on the centenary of the first night of An Ideal Husband.
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