Born New York City as Eleanor Roosevelt. Went to finishing school in England. In 1905 at her wedding to her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was given away by her uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1933, when FDR was elected President, she became First Lady. After his death in 1945 she continued her international political role and is particularly associated with the UN and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Roosevelt statue
This is a rare representation of Roosevelt standing, albeit with a stick. A n...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Clement Ferrier Burton
Solicitor. Born Norfolk. 1891 finds him living in Buckhurst Hill. 1901, Churchwarden of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. Clement Ferrier Burton was born on 22 April 1852 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the ...
1 memorial
J. B. Bennie
Councillor in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man : James Bishop Bennie was born on 11 July 1898 at Manse Road, Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotlan...
1 memorial
Ernest O. Stuart, LRCP&S, LSA
County Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1909-1929. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 2018
Held in London, the 25th CHOGM.
1 memorial
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Sir Charles Vyner Brooke
W2, Albion Street, 13
Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, 1874 - 1963, last Rajah of Sarawak, lived here. Greater London Council
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Charles Dilke
SW1, Sloane Street, 76
London County Council Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1843-1911, statesman and author, lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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