Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, poetess, afterwards wife of Robert Browning, lived here, 1838 - 1846.
'Barrett Barrett' was indeed her maiden name (ensuring one's inheritance sometimes required abnormal naming commitments). The text and sentiment of this plaque seems particularly non-PC to the modern ear.
W1, Wimpole Street, 50
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning plaque
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning plaque
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861, poet, lived in a house on this site,...
Hillingdon, LondonAlexander Fleming, 1881-1955, biologist, pharmacologist and...
Annie Besant, 1847 - 1933, social reformer, lived here in 1874.London County ...
The probable site, where, on May 24, 1738 John Wesley "felt his heart strange...
