Dame Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assolluta and Jacqueline du Pré, cellist lived here.
Lisa O'Brien has pointed out that the plaque-makers got 'assoluta' wrong.
Site: Margot Fonteyn & J. du Pre (1 memorial)
SW7, Rutland Gardens Mews, 2
Dame Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assolluta and Jacqueline du Pré, cellist lived here.
Lisa O'Brien has pointed out that the plaque-makers got 'assoluta' wrong.
SW7, Rutland Gardens Mews, 2
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Margot Fonteyn & J. du Pre
Cellist. Born Jacqueline Mary du Pré in Oxford. Her musical training began wi...
Prima ballerina assoluta. Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived...
Bartlett Surgeon Accoucheur {French for obstetrician surgeon}
The designer of the building clearly had the 'citadel' concept in mind. Strangely, some of these foundation plaques have had their inscri...
This plaque was unveiled on 18 September 2020 at a small memorial ceremony but was not erected on the building until some time in November.
Robert Graves, 1895 - 1985, writer, was born here. English Heritage
Clapham Parochial School, 1839 - 1974, converted to residential use 1999. The Clapham Society
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