Second wife and widow of the poet T.S. Eliot. Born Esmé Valerie Fletcher. From the age of 14 she determined to meet Eliot and when she left school she told her headmistress tht she wanted to become Eliot's secretary, which she did. Married him in 1957. Every Sunday night he left a love letter by her bed. She was Eliot's most important editor and literary executor, and donated the annual £15,000 prize money for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Died at her London home. .
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Valerie Eliot
Creations i
TS Eliot tree
Russell Square Gardens Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' or Irish Yew in remembranc...
Other Subjects
Alf Partridge
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richard Aylmore
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them