Tree

TS Eliot tree

Inscription

Russell Square Gardens
Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' or Irish Yew in remembrance of T. S. Eliot. Planted here by His Excellency Dr. L. M. Singhvi, High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom in the presence of The Worshipful Mayor of Camden, Cllr. S. N. Deshmukh and Mrs Valerie Eliot, 10th May 1996.

Site: TS Eliot tree (1 memorial)

WC1, Russell Square

The tree is just inside the entrance to the garden at the south-east corner.

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T. S. Eliot

Poet and publisher. Born Saint Louis, Missouri as Thomas Stearns Eliot. His w...

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Councillor Sadashivrao Nanasaheb Deshmukh

Sadashivrao Nanasaheb Deshmukh was elected to the London Borough of Camden as...

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Valerie Eliot

Second wife and widow of the poet T.S. Eliot. Born Esmé Valerie Fletcher. Fro...

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Dr. L. M. Singhvi

High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he ...

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