Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1858  Died 6/1/1919

Theodore Roosevelt

President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York.

2022: NBC headline: "Controversial Teddy Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York City museum The bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on horseback with Native American and African figures depicted subjugation and racial inferiority, the American Museum of Natural History said."

For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Wine Office Court

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W. P. Wood

W. P. Wood

Hon. Treasurer of Hornsey Borough Council in 1907.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
E. H. King, Mayor

E. H. King, Mayor

Mayor of Islington in 1921

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Phillippo Nepumeceno Fontanae

Phillippo Nepumeceno Fontanae

Ambassador from the court of Sardinia to that of Spain.

Person, Politics & Administration, Italy, Spain

1 memorial
Charles W. Toms

Charles W. Toms

One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes. Active in 1883. Is it possible that he could be the Charles W. ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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1985 Brixton Riot

1985 Brixton Riot

It was sparked off by the shooting of Dorothy Groce by the Metropolitan Police. They were looking for her son Michael in relation to a suspected firearms offence, and believed he was hiding in his ...

Event, Race Issues, Tragedy

1 memorial
J. W. Ward

J. W. Ward

Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Hamo Thornycroft

Sir Hamo Thornycroft

Sculptor. Born William Hamo Thornycroft (but the William is normally dropped) at 39 Stanhope Street, Regent's Park.   Son of sculptors Thomas and Mary Thornycroft.  Studied at the Royal Academy Sch...

Person, Sculpture

8 memorials
Arthur Stanley Wint

Arthur Stanley Wint

Olympic gold medallist. Born in Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. In 1942, he joined the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and was sent to Britain for active combat in World War II. He left the RA...

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands, Denmark, Sweden

1 memorial
W. H. Norman

W. H. Norman

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial