English Heritage
Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde, "Speranza", 1821 - 1896, poet and essayist, lived here, 1887 - 1896.
SW3, Oakley Street, 87
The house was numbered 146 at the time of her death.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lady Wilde
Born Dublin. Mother of Oscar Wilde. Poet under the pseudonym ‘Speranza’. Supp...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Lady Wilde
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
Dr Edith Whetnall FRCS, 1910 - 1965, consultant audiologist who pioneered the treatment of deaf children and founded an experimental host...
This complex of buildings was created to house the Guildhall School of Music, who had outgrown their premises at Aldermanbury. Designed b...
English Heritage Sir Henry Segrave, 1896 - 1930, world speed record holder, lived here in flat No.6, 1917 - 1920.
Faraday House Electrical Engineering College occupied this building from June 1903 until April 1967.
The plaque was unveiled by the Austrian Ambassador, Dr. Martin Eichtinger.
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