Plaque

Trollope family

Erection date: /6/2000

Inscription

Frances Trollope (1780 - 1863) author, lived at 16 Keppel Street near this site. Her sons, the authors Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810 - 1892) and Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) were born there.

Unveiled by William Rees-Mogg in June 2000. Frances's date of birth, 1779 (according to the Dictionary of National Biography), appears incorrectly on the plaque as 1780.

Site: Trollopes & Westermarck (2 memorials)

WC1, Senate House

London University pulled down the Trollopes' house in the 1930s and replaced it with this car park.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Trollope family

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Anthony Trollope

Author of over 50 delightful novels. Born at 16 Keppel Street. Worked for the...

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Frances Trollope

Author. Mother of Thomas Adolphus and Anthony.

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Thomas Adolphus Trollope

Author.  Born 16 Keppel Street, younger brother to Anthony.

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Trollope family

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William Rees-Mogg

Editor of The Times 1967-81. Also High Sheriff of Somerset in the late 1970s....

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Westermarck

Westermarck

Edward Westermarck, 1862 - 1939, Finnish pioneer of social anthropology lived...

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