US Presidents Daughter in Kirkleatham

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Esther Cleveland (September 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980) was the daughter of American president Grover Cleveland, she is the only child of a President to have been born in the White House.
William and Esther Bosanquet, Kirkleatham
Esther married Captain William Bosanquet in 1918,  who became the manager of Skinningrove Iron Works after fighting in the First World War, they lived in Kirkleatham Old Hall which is now a museum.

This 1934 newspaper article from America newspaper pictures her outside the Hall, Esther returned to America in 1966 after the death of her husband and is buried in New Hampshire

Their daughter was the British philosopher Philippa Foot.

2 thoughts on “US Presidents Daughter in Kirkleatham

  1. go through kirkleatham church yard behind the church in the north corner (in redcar direction) go through into the rear section of the churchyard its on your left hand side.

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