North Americans with Blue Plaques

Nancy ASTOR (1879-1964)
4 St James's Square, site of Nancy Astor's Blue Plaque © English Heritage Image Library First Woman to sit in Parliament
4 St James’s Square, SW1

T. S. ELIOT, O.M. (1888-1965)
Poet
3 Kensington Court Gardens, W8

Benjamin FRANKLIN (1706-90)
American Statesman and Scientist
36 Craven Street

Francis Bret HARTE (1836-1902)
American Writer
74 Lancaster Gate, W2

Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804-64)
American Author
4 Pond Road, SE3

Washington IRVING (1783-1859)
American Writer
8 Argyll Street, W1

Henry JAMES (1843-1916)
Writer
34 De Vere Gardens, W8

Jimi HENDRIX (1942-70)
Blue Plaque honouring Jimi Hendrix © English Heritage Image Library Guitarist and Songwriter
23 Brook Street, W1

Lee MILLER (1907-77)
Photographer
[with Roland PENROSE (1900-84), Surrealist]
21 Downshire Hill, NW3

Junius S. MORGAN (1813-1890) and John Pierpont MORGAN (1837-1913)
International Bankers
14 Princes Gate, SW1

Samuel MORSE (1791-1872)
American Painter and Inventor of the Morse Code
Cleveland Street, W1

Edward R. MURROW (1908-1965)
American Broadcaster
Weymouth House, 84-94 Hallam Street, W1

George PEABODY (1795-1869)
Philanthropist
80 Eaton Square, SW1

Herman MELVILLE (1819-1891)
Blue Plaque of author Herman Melville © English Heritage Image Library Author of Moby Dick
25 Craven Street, WC2

Sylvia PLATH (1932-63)
Poet
3 Chalcot Square, NW1

Ezra POUND (1885-1972)
Poet
10 Kensington Church Walk, W8

Paul ROBESON (1898-1976)
Singer and Actor
The Chestnuts, 1 Branch Hill, NW3

Harry Gordon SELFRIDGE (1858-1947)
Department Store magnate
The Lansdowne Club, 9 Fitzmaurice Place, Berkeley Square, W1

Samuel L. Clemens (Mark TWAIN) (1835-1910)
American Writer
23 Tedworth Square, SW3

UNITED STATES EMBASSY (1863-6)
Henry Brook ADAMS (1838-1918)
US Historian
98 Portland Place, W1

Marcus GARVEY (1887-1940)
Blue Plaque honouring Marcus Garvey © English Heritage Image Library Pan-Africanist Leader
53 Talgarth Road, W14

Martin VAN BUREN (1782-1862)
Eighth US President
7 Stratford Place, W1

Sir Henry WELLCOME (1853-1936)
Pharmacist, Founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation
6 Gloucester Gate, NW1

James Abbott McNeill WHISTLER (1834-1903)
Painter and Etcher
96 Cheyne Walk, SW10

John Gilbert WINANT (1889-1947)
United States Ambassador 1941-6
7 Aldford Street, W1