Eglantyne Jebb was a social reformer in England at the beginning of the 1900s. Her daughter, with the same name, founded the charity Save the Children.
There is a childrens book series called "Guardians of Ga'Hoole," which is about the adventures of a group of owls. The lead character of the series, Soren, has a little sister named Eglantine, who has been the central character of at least one book.
In "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis: four daughters of a Victorian lady are named Rose, Lily, Hortense and Eglantine, and they are referred to as "Flower Garden".
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Eglantine Price is the name of Angela Lansbury's character in Bedknobs and Broomsticks.