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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George F. Oakshott
Church warden of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square in 1889.
1 memorial
Sir William Prichard
Alder President associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1702. A director of the slave trading Royal African Company and a governor of the colonial Irish Society.
1 memorial
Jewish expulsion and resettlement
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from those that practised their religion in secret, there were no Jews in England. In 1657, following a petition to Cromwell an...
4 memorials
R. Whitfield
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.
1 memorial
1 memorial