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.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Roosevelt statue
This is a rare representation of Roosevelt standing, albeit with a stick. A n...
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Sir John Davidson
Treasurer of the Pulford Street Site Committee. This is possibly Sir John Humphrey Davidson (1876–1954), who was a military man until 1922 when he left the army and then became MP in Fareham, Ken...
1 memorial
Ellen Wilkinson
NUWSS in Manchester, Labour MP for Jarrow. As Jarrow MP she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March. Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Born Manchester. Had a close per...
1 memorial
James Ogilvy-Webb
Chairman of the Islington Society, 1966 - 1985.
1 memorial
Col. Robert Slingsby
Naval officer and administrator. Died of typhus at home in Lime Street. Some information at Pepys' Diary.
1 memorial
Councillor Frances Taylor
Chairman of Environmental Protection and Amenities Committee of Kensington and Chelsea in 1992.
1 memorial
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Silvester Schiele
Coal merchant and co-founder of Rotary International.
1 memorial
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