Royal Ballet
The stone slab floor memorial to the four founders of the Royal Ballet was dedicated on 17 November 2009.
| Image | Name | Born | Died | Age at death | Notes on Royal Ballet role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninette de Valois | 1898 | 2001 | 102 | ... | |
| ... | Frederick Ashton | 1904 | 1988 | 84 | ... |
| Constant Lambert | 1905 | 1951 | 45 | ... | |
| Margot Fonteyn | 1919 | 1991 | 71 | ... |
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“An Englishman, methinks,—not to speak of other European nations,—habitually regards himself merely as a constituent part of the English nation; he is a member of the royal regiment of Englishmen, and is proud of his company, as he has reason to be proud of it. But an American—one who has made tolerable use of his opportunities—cares, comparatively, little about such things, and is advantageously nearer to the primitive and the ultimate condition of man in these respects.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)