John Gilbert Winant, 1889 - 1947, United States Ambassador, 1941 - 1946, lived here.
Greater London Council
W1, Aldford Street, 7
Fixed to the wall above this plaque is a small black relief depicting five children playing in a pastoral setting. It's rather lovely and we can't explain it.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Winant
United States ambassador to Great Britain 1941-46. Born New York City. Succee...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Winant
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Our photograph manages to exclude the Great West Road which is constantly thundering nearby.
The text suggests that the stone came from the original 1812 building but the style does not look old enough. Despite the layout, the ent...
Bartlett Surgeon Accoucheur {French for obstetrician surgeon}
We are told by our Brussels correspondent, Jean-Michel Pochet, that in 1922 a plaque was erected at Howland Street: "Le poète français Pa...
