Erection date: 1885
Madame D'Arblay (Fanny Burney), authoress, lived here. Born 1752. Died 1840.
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Erected by the Society of Arts
Erected in 1885 this is the oldest surviving "blue" plaque to a woman.
W1, Bolton Street, 11
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Fanny Burney
Born King's Lynn, Norfolk, father was Dr Charles Burney. Diarist, novelist:...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Fanny Burney
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