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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Roosevelt statue
This is a rare representation of Roosevelt standing, albeit with a stick. A n...
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W. G. Nelson
Chairman of the Wanstead District Urban Council in 1897.
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Amelius Richard Mark Baron Lambourne
Soldier and politician. His Majesty's Lieutenant for the County of Essex and President of the Royal Horticultural Society,Vice President of the RSPCA. Born in London as Amelius Wood. As occasional...
1 memorial
M. J. Curley
Councillor and Chairman of the Wembley History Society in 1953.
1 memorial
1 memorial
John R. W. Luck
Churchwarden of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook in 1884. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: John Richard Whitmore Luck was born on 21 December 1842 in Camberwell, the eldest of the ...
1 memorial
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