Erection date: /6/2000
Inscription
Frances Trollope (1780 - 1863) author, lived at 16 Keppel Street near this site. Her sons, the authors Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810 - 1892) and Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) were born there.
Unveiled by William Rees-Mogg in June 2000. Frances's date of birth, 1779 (according to the Dictionary of National Biography), appears incorrectly on the plaque as 1780.
Site: Trollopes & Westermarck (2 memorials)
WC1, Senate House
London University pulled down the Trollopes' house in the 1930s and replaced it with this car park.
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