Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1858  Died 6/1/1919

Theodore Roosevelt

President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York.

2022: NBC headline: "Controversial Teddy Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York City museum The bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on horseback with Native American and African figures depicted subjugation and racial inferiority, the American Museum of Natural History said."

For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Wine Office Court

The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...

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Pioneer Women Campaigners

Pioneer Women Campaigners

The plaque capitalises this as if it was a formal group but we can find no reference to it on the interweb.

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Henry Matthews

William Henry Matthews

J.P., Churchwarden and chairman of the St Pancras Vestry in 1897.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador

Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador

German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 2002 - 2006.

Person, Politics & Administration, Germany

1 memorial
William Morris Hughes

William Morris Hughes

Prime Minister of Australia. Born in Pimlico. Migrated to Queensland in 1884. Entered politics in 1894, and served in several ministerial posts before becoming Prime Minister in 1915. Died at Lindf...

Person, Politics & Administration, Australia

1 memorial
Mr John Carr

Mr John Carr

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial

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William Huskisson

William Huskisson

SW1, St James's Place, 28

London County Council William Huskisson, 1770 - 1830, statesman lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
William Burman VC

William Burman VC

E1, Arbour Square, Arbour Square Garden

Unveiled by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and a Rifles contingent of ten.

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Private J. W. Downham
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir James MacKenzie

Sir James MacKenzie

Physician and cardiologist. Our picture source gives a biography of this man. He was born on 12 April 1853, the third of the seven children of Robert MacKenzie (1816-1898) and Jean Campbell MacKen...

Person, Medicine, Scotland

1 memorial
Wellclose Square, E1

Wellclose Square, E1

This down at heel backwater to the east of the Tower of London, has an unexpectedly rich history. The area around it was generally known as Wellclose and in 1686 it became part of the Liberty of th...

Place, Architecture

1 memorial