Person    | Female  Born 11/10/1884  Died 7/11/1962

Eleanor Roosevelt

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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Charles Palmer

Charles Palmer

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.

Person, Politics & Administration

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Brig. Andrew Parker Bowles OBE

Brig. Andrew Parker Bowles OBE

Born into an elite horsey family, close to the royals. 1960 commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards and stayed in the mounted services for much of his military career, based at Hyde Park Barracks....

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir William Treloar

Sir William Treloar

Born William Purdie Treloar at 7 Holland Street, Blackfriars. Joined his father's business Treloar's Carpet Co.  Also head of a firm of haberdashers, Treloar and Sons.  Lord Mayor of London 1906-7....

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

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William Hammer, Mayor of Hackney

William Hammer, Mayor of Hackney

Councillor William Hammer JP, Mayor of Hackney in 1912.

Person, Politics & Administration

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lord

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lord

Historian, essayist, poet.  Born Leicestershire but brought up in the Clapham home.  Spent four years (1834 - 8) as an administrator in India, during which he showed little interest in Indian cultu...

Person, History, Poetry, Politics & Administration, India

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