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| Name: | Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891-1966) |
| Brief: | Food scientist and musician, a founding member of The Nutrition Society, his work at Glaxo showed that dried milk was deficient in fat-soluble vitamins |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Willow Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1966 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891-1966) |
| Brief: | Food scientist and musician, a founding member of The Nutrition Society, his work at Glaxo showed that dried milk was deficient in fat-soluble vitamins |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Lambolle Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891-1966) |
| Brief: | Food scientist and musician, a founding member of The Nutrition Society, his work at Glaxo showed that dried milk was deficient in fat-soluble vitamins |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Strathray Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1920 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891-1966) |
| Brief: | Food scientist and musician, a founding member of The Nutrition Society, his work at Glaxo showed that dried milk was deficient in fat-soluble vitamins |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 93 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1895 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891-1966) |
| Brief: | Food scientist and musician, a founding member of The Nutrition Society, his work at Glaxo showed that dried milk was deficient in fat-soluble vitamins |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Belsize Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1921-1925 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bacon, Charles (1821-1886) |
| Brief: | Sculptor and gem engraver remembered for his statue of Prince Albert at Holborn Circus |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1240413522 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1849-1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bacon, Francis, Viscount St Alban (1561-1626) |
| Brief: | Philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor. Often called the father of empiricism. According to Aubrey, he died of a chill as a result of stuffing a hen with snow to determine whether it would preserve it |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Gray's Inn Square |
| Contemp. address: | Bacon's Buildings |
| Resident: | 1588-1626 |
| Notes: | Destroyed by fire |
| Name: | Bacon, Sir James Jeremiah (1798-1895) |
| Brief: | Judge who illustrated his trial notes with cartoons |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Oakshott Court |
| Contemp. address: | 10 The Polygon |
| Resident: | 1798 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bacon, Sir Ranulph Robert Maunsell (1906-1988) |
| Brief: | Police officer who rose to be Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, sometimes known as Rasher of the Yard |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Ridgmount Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1906 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bacon, Sir Ranulph Robert Maunsell (1906-1988) |
| Brief: | Police officer who rose to be Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, sometimes known as Rasher of the Yard |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Glenloch Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baddeley, Robert (1733-1794) |
| Brief: | Actor whose best known role was Moses in 'The School for Scandal'. In his will, he left money to pay for the Drury Lane company to receive a glass of punch and slice of cake, known as the 'Baddeley Cake' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Keppel Street |
| Contemp. address: | 10 New Store Street |
| Resident: | 1794 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bader, Sir Douglas Robert Steuart (1910-1982) |
| Brief: | Royal Air Force officer who shot down 23 enemy aircraft during WWII despite having lost both legs. His biography, 'Reach for the Sky' became a popular film |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 86 Boundary Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1933 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Badt, Kurt Ludwig (1890-1973) |
| Brief: | Art historian and sculptor who wrote influentially about Delacroix, Poussin, Vermeer, Constable, Cézanne, Raphael, van Gogh and Veronese |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Fairfax Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939-1941 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bagehot, Walter (1826-1877) |
| Brief: | Journalist, businessman, and political commentator. Co-founder of the National Review and author of 'The English Constitution' |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Camden Street |
| Contemp. address: | 39 Camden Street |
| Resident: | 1842-1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bagehot, Walter (1826-1877) |
| Brief: | Journalist, businessman, and political commentator. Co-founder of the National Review and author of 'The English Constitution' |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Coram Street |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Great Coram Street |
| Resident: | 1847-1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bagrit, Sir Leon (1902-1979) |
| Brief: | Industrialist and pioneer of automation, chairman and MD of Elliott-Automation Ltd., his Reith lectures were titled 'The Age of Automation' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Upper Terrace House, Upper Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1954-1976 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bagrit, Sir Leon (1902-1979) |
| Brief: | Industrialist and pioneer of automation, chairman and MD of Elliott-Automation Ltd., his Reith lectures were titled 'The Age of Automation' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Vale Lodge, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1946-1952 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bagster, Samuel, the elder (1772-1851) |
| Brief: | Author and publisher, founder of Bagster & Sons, publishers of inexpensive bibles |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Eagle Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1772 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851) |
| Brief: | Playwright and poet (Plays on the Passions) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bolton House, Windmill Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1807-1851 |
| Notes: | Society of Arts plaque |
| Name: | Baily, Edward Hodges (1788-1867) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, specialised in busts and statues of public figures, including Nelson, at the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/baily/ilnportrait.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1825-1828 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baily, Edward Hodges (1788-1867) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, specialised in busts and statues of public figures, including Nelson, at the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/baily/ilnportrait.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1830-1846 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt 1882 |
| Name: | Baily, Edward Hodges (1788-1867) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, specialised in busts and statues of public figures, including Nelson, at the top of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/sculpture/baily/ilnportrait.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Werrington Street |
| Contemp. address: | 15 Clarendon Street |
| Resident: | 1814-1817 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baily, Francis (1774-1844) |
| Brief: | Stockbroker and astronomer who made an accurate determination of the mean density of the Earth, a founder and 4x president of the Royal Astronomical Society, |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Tavistock Place |
| Contemp. address: | 37 Tavistock Place |
| Resident: | 1826-1844 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bain [née Burn], Louisa (1803-1883) |
| Brief: | Kept a diary, filling twenty-two manuscript volumes |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Kirby Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1803 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bainbridge, Beryl (1932-2010) |
| Brief: | Writer ('The Bottle Factory Outing' won the Guardian Fiction Prize) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 42 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1967-2010 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bainbridge, Beryl (1932-2010) |
| Brief: | Writer ('The Bottle Factory Outing' won the Guardian Fiction Prize) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 65 Parliament Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1954 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bainbridge, Beryl (1932-2010) |
| Brief: | Writer ('The Bottle Factory Outing' won the Guardian Fiction Prize) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 27 Arkwright Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1963-1967 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baines, Frederick Ebenezer (1832-1911) |
| Brief: | Promoter of telegraphy who surveyed international cable routes for the Post Office, local historian who edited 'Records of Hampstead' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 13 Park Road |
| Resident: | 1890-1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baines, Frederick Ebenezer (1832-1911) |
| Brief: | Promoter of telegraphy who surveyed international cable routes for the Post Office, local historian who edited 'Records of Hampstead' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Park Road |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baines, Frederick Ebenezer (1832-1911) |
| Brief: | Promoter of telegraphy who surveyed international cable routes for the Post Office, local historian who edited 'Records of Hampstead' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Wentworth Mansions, Keats Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baines, Frederick Ebenezer (1832-1911) |
| Brief: | Promoter of telegraphy who surveyed international cable routes for the Post Office, local historian who edited 'Records of Hampstead' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Canfield Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Canfield Gardens |
| Resident: | 1888-1890 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Baird [née Forster], Dorothea Frances (1875-1933) |
| Brief: | Stage and film actress, on retirement became an active supporter of the St. Pancras School for Mothers and produced a film called 'Motherhood' to create political demands for social improvement |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Irving, Henry [Harry] Brodribb (1870-1919) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | St Aidan's |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baird [née Forster], Dorothea Frances (1875-1933) |
| Brief: | Stage and film actress, on retirement became an active supporter of the St. Pancras School for Mothers and produced a film called 'Motherhood' to create political demands for social improvement |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Irving, Henry [Harry] Brodribb (1870-1919) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Dennington Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | St Aidan's |
| Resident: | 1890-1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baird, John Logie (1888-1946) |
| Brief: | Inventor and electrical engineer whom many consider the inventor of television |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 84 Lawn Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1932 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baker, Hylda (1905-1986) |
| Brief: | Comedian, actress and music hall performer "I must get a little hand put on this watch" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 97 Ridgmount Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baker, Hylda (1905-1986) |
| Brief: | Comedian, actress and music hall performer "I must get a little hand put on this watch" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mornington Court, Mornington Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1946-1954 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baker, Kenneth [Kenny] (1921-1999) |
| Brief: | Jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player and composer |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Triton Square |
| Contemp. address: | 26 Regency House, Osnaburgh Street |
| Resident: | 1943-1955 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baker, Shirley Waldemar (1836-1903) |
| Brief: | Missionary in Tonga, founder of the Free Church of Tonga and Prime Minister of Tonga |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | CHR 41 34-41 (2017) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Dewsbury Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Union Terrace |
| Resident: | 1836 |
| Notes: | Forms rear part of 190 Camden High Street |
| Name: | Bakewell, Frederick Collier (1800-1869) |
| Brief: | Physicist who demonstrated the first working fax machine (the Copying Electric Telegraph) at the 1851 Great Exhibition |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Belsize Grove |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Haverstock Terrace |
| Resident: | 1835-1869 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bakewell, Robert (1767-1843) |
| Brief: | Geologist, author of ' An Introduction to Geology' and one of the earliest teachers of general and practical geology |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Downshire Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Melville Place, Downshire Hill |
| Resident: | 1825-1843 |
| Notes: | Sometimes listed as Devonshire Hill |
| Name: | Balchin, Nigel Marlin (1908-1970) |
| Brief: | Writer of novels and screenplays (Darkness Falls from the Air) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Regent's Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1965-1970 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Balchin, Nigel Marlin (1908-1970) |
| Brief: | Writer of novels and screenplays (Darkness Falls from the Air) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 89 Marlborough Mansions, Cannon Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1970 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bald, William (1789-1857) |
| Brief: | Surveyor and civil engineer, his most famous work is the Antrim Coast Road, regarded as one of Ireland's most scenic drives |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mayford Estate |
| Contemp. address: | 14 Werrington Street |
| Resident: | 1851-1857 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baldock, Edward Holmes (1777-1845) |
| Brief: | Furniture dealer to the Royal Family, one of the first antique dealers |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hanway Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished, location uncertain. His shop premises were on the south side, in Marylebone. This residence is in the St Pancras census, but cannot align with any particular number. |
| Name: | Bale, Edwin (1838-1923) |
| Brief: | Artist, especially genre paintings of children |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.radnorshire-fine-arts.co.uk/brand/bale-edwin-1842-1923/ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 The Mall Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1876-1880 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bale, Edwin (1838-1923) |
| Brief: | Artist, especially genre paintings of children |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.radnorshire-fine-arts.co.uk/brand/bale-edwin-1842-1923/ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Stratford Villas |
| Contemp. address: | 26 Stratford Place |
| Resident: | 1871-1880 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bale, Edwin (1838-1923) |
| Brief: | Artist, especially genre paintings of children |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.radnorshire-fine-arts.co.uk/brand/bale-edwin-1842-1923/ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Triton Square |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Brook Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Balint, Michael Maurice [formerly Mihaly Bergsmann] (1896-1970) |
| Brief: | Psychoanalyst who introduced the concepts of ocnophilia and philobatism |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | New Grove House, 28 Hampstead Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1945-1946 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ball, (Walter William) Rouse (1850-1925) |
| Brief: | Historian of mathematics, author of 'Mathematical Recreations', keen amateur magician who was founding president of the Cambridge Pentacle Club |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 100 Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 3 St John's Park Villas |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ballantine, William (1812-1887) |
| Brief: | One of the last Serjeants-at-law in the courts, the position being abolished in 1873 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Howland Street |
| Contemp. address: | 38b Howland Street |
| Resident: | 1812 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ballantine, William (1812-1887) |
| Brief: | One of the last Serjeants-at-law in the courts, the position being abolished in 1873 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 92 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Upper Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1847-1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ballantine, William (1812-1887) |
| Brief: | One of the last Serjeants-at-law in the courts, the position being abolished in 1873 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1836-1840 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ballin, Ada Sarah (1862-1906) |
| Brief: | Author, journalist and lecturer, editor and proprietor of the magazines Baby, Womanhood and Playtime |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Woburn Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1862-1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ballin, Ada Sarah (1862-1906) |
| Brief: | Author, journalist and lecturer, editor and proprietor of the magazines Baby, Womanhood and Playtime |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881-1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Balogh, Thomas, Baron Balogh (1905-1985) |
| Brief: | Political economist, adviser on economic affairs to Wilson's Labour government, deputy chairman of the British National Oil Corporation |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Frognal Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1981-1985 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Balogh, Thomas, Baron Balogh (1905-1985) |
| Brief: | Political economist, adviser on economic affairs to Wilson's Labour government, deputy chairman of the British National Oil Corporation |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Hampstead High Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1971-1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Balogh, Thomas, Baron Balogh (1905-1985) |
| Brief: | Political economist, adviser on economic affairs to Wilson's Labour government, deputy chairman of the British National Oil Corporation |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Wellside, Well Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1962-1964 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bamlett, George Wood [Wee Georgie Wood] (1894-1979) |
| Brief: | Comic entertainer and actor, a major pantomime star and early television performer |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Gordon Mansions |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1960-1979 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bancroft, Edward (1744-1821) |
| Brief: | Physician and chemist who became a double agent, spying for both the United States and Great Britain |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Charlotte street |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Charlotte street |
| Resident: | 1786-1789 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Banham, (Peter) Reyner (1922-1988) |
| Brief: | Architectural critic and historian (Theory and Design in the First Machine Age) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Eton Villas |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1988 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Banham, (Peter) Reyner (1922-1988) |
| Brief: | Architectural critic and historian (Theory and Design in the First Machine Age) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Oppidans Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1955 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Banham, (Peter) Reyner (1922-1988) |
| Brief: | Architectural critic and historian (Theory and Design in the First Machine Age) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Aberdare Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1960-1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Banks, Leslie James (1890-1952) |
| Brief: | Stage and screen actor, director and producer who played gruff, menacing characters |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Well Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1930-1933 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Banks, Leslie James (1890-1952) |
| Brief: | Stage and screen actor, director and producer who played gruff, menacing characters |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Pilgrim's Lane |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Pilgrim's Corner |
| Resident: | 1927-1929 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bannen, Ian Edmund (1928-1999) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen, many will recognise him as Jim Prideaux in the BBC adaptation of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Wavel Mews |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1959 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bannister, John (1760-1836) |
| Brief: | The best low comedian of his day and manager of Drury Lane theatre |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 65 Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1802-1836 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barbauld [née Aikin], Anna Laetitia (1743-1825) |
| Brief: | Poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Adeline Place |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Caroline Street |
| Resident: | 1787 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barbauld [née Aikin], Anna Laetitia (1743-1825) |
| Brief: | Poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1794-1802 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barber, John (1675-1741) |
| Brief: | Printer and local politician, made a fortune from South Sea stock, Lord Mayor of London |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 39 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1729-1741 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barbirolli, Sir John (1899-1970) |
| Brief: | Conductor and cellist, strongly associated with the Hallé Orchestra |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 128 Southampton Row |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Cosmo Place? |
| Resident: | 1899 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Hallé blue plaque |
| Name: | Barbirolli, Sir John (1899-1970) |
| Brief: | Conductor and cellist, strongly associated with the Hallé Orchestra |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Marchmont Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1929 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Marchmont Assoc. blue plaque |
| Name: | Barbirolli, Sir John (1899-1970) |
| Brief: | Conductor and cellist, strongly associated with the Hallé Orchestra |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Woburn Court, 53-55 Bernard Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barenger, James (1780-1831) |
| Brief: | Painter specialising in horses, dogs and hunting scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 110 Parkway |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Park Street |
| Resident: | 1812-1814 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barff, Frederick Settle (1822-1886) |
| Brief: | Chemist, ecclesiastical decorator, inventor and stained glass manufacturer |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 85 Abbey Road |
| Contemp. address: | 2 West Abbey Road |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845) |
| Brief: | Clergyman, novelist and poet, author of 'The Ingoldsby Legends' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 51 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1821-1824 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barham, Sir George Snape (1836-1913) |
| Brief: | Businessman and founder of the Express County Milk Company, later to become Express Dairies. Mayor of Hampstead and High Sheriff of Middlesex |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 112 Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Danehurst |
| Resident: | 1881-1901 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baring, Maurice (1874-1945) |
| Brief: | Poet, author, RAF officer and war correspondent. His most popular work was 'Have you Anything to Declare?' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Gray's Inn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1924-1927 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Barker, Ronald William George [Ronnie] (1929-2005) |
| Brief: | Actor, comedian and writer, famouse for his roles in British comedy television series such as 'Porridge', 'The Two Ronnies' and 'Open All Hours' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Hampstead Hill Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barker, Sir Herbert Atkinson (1869-1950) |
| Brief: | Bone-setter who successfully treated damaged joints without surgery but came into conflict with the medical establishment |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Whitestone House, Whitestone Lane |
| Contemp. address: | The Lawn |
| Resident: | 1911-1913 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barker, Theodore Cardwell (1923-2001) |
| Brief: | Social and economic historian, 'A History Of London Transport: The 19th Century' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 6, 33 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1980-1984 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barker, Thomas Jones (1813-1882) |
| Brief: | Painter of portraits and military subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 37 Gloucester Road |
| Resident: | 1851-1860 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barker, Thomas Jones (1813-1882) |
| Brief: | Painter of portraits and military subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 57 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 30 Gloucester Road |
| Resident: | 1861-1876 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barker, Thomas Jones (1813-1882) |
| Brief: | Painter of portraits and military subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 40 Ampthill Square |
| Resident: | 1849-1850 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barker, Thomas Jones (1813-1882) |
| Brief: | Painter of portraits and military subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Steele's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881-1882 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barker, Tom (1886-1970) |
| Brief: | Trade unionist, Mayor of St Pancras 1958-9 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | http://www.whatnextjournal.org.uk/Pages/Back/Wnext14/Redflag.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 83A Caversham Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1967-1970 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barker, Tom (1886-1970) |
| Brief: | Trade unionist, Mayor of St Pancras 1958-9 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | http://www.whatnextjournal.org.uk/Pages/Back/Wnext14/Redflag.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 67 Patshull Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937-1964 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barkworth, Peter Wynn (1929-2006) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen, remembered for TV series 'Telford's Change', his collection of paintings is on display at Fenton House |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Flask Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1963-2006 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barlow, Thomas Oldham (1824-1889) |
| Brief: | Engraver, particularly the works of John Everett Millais |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 38 Gloucester Road |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barnard, Frederick (1846-1896) |
| Brief: | Illustrator and painter, noted for his work on the novels of Charles Dickens |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Steele's Road |
| Contemp. address: | Warrington House |
| Resident: | 1875-1887 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnard, Frederick (1846-1896) |
| Brief: | Illustrator and painter, noted for his work on the novels of Charles Dickens |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 131 Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Devonshire Place |
| Resident: | 1868-1874 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnard, Gwendolen (Gwen) Bertha (1912-1988) |
| Brief: | Painter, chair of the Women's International Art Club, wrote a history of the Mall Studios for CHR |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 The Mall Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1975-1988 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnard, Gwendolen (Gwen) Bertha (1912-1988) |
| Brief: | Painter, chair of the Women's International Art Club, wrote a history of the Mall Studios for CHR |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 The Mall Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1963-1975 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnardiston, Sir Samuel (1620-1707) |
| Brief: | Whig MP and deputy governor of the East India Company |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1707 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Barnes, Edmund (1842-1926) |
| Brief: | First Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://london.wikia.org/wiki/Edmund_Barnes |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 220 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1926 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnes, Edmund (1842-1926) |
| Brief: | First Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://london.wikia.org/wiki/Edmund_Barnes |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Alma Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnes, Edmund (1842-1926) |
| Brief: | First Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://london.wikia.org/wiki/Edmund_Barnes |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Oseney Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnes, William Peter Ward (1919-2011) |
| Brief: | Helped set up the the London Business School, director of housing for Camden, governer of the Coram Foundation for Children |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Oak Village |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2011 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnett [née Rowland], Dame Henrietta Octavia Weston (1851-1936) |
| Brief: | Social reformer, founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Heath End House, Spaniards Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1889-1936 |
| Notes: | AKA St Jude's Cottage. GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Barnett, Richard David (1909-1986) |
| Brief: | Archaeologist and author, Keeper of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities at the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Eldon Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1956-1986 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barnett, Richard David (1909-1986) |
| Brief: | Archaeologist and author, Keeper of the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities at the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Manor Mansions, Belsize Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1952 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barney, Joseph (1753-1832) |
| Brief: | Painter and engraver, fruit and flower painter to the Prince Regent, also painted religious, historic, literature, and genre pictures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Parkway |
| Contemp. address: | Stanhope Terrace |
| Resident: | 1832 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Barney, Joseph (1753-1832) |
| Brief: | Painter and engraver, fruit and flower painter to the Prince Regent, also painted religious, historic, literature, and genre pictures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Upper Conway Street |
| Resident: | 1822-1827 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barratt, Thomas James (1841-1914) |
| Brief: | Soap manufacturer, pioneer of advertising, historian of Hampstead |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bell Moor House, East Heath Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1877-1914 |
| Notes: | Hampstead Borough Council plaque, demolished |
| Name: | Barratt, Thomas James (1841-1914) |
| Brief: | Soap manufacturer, pioneer of advertising, historian of Hampstead |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 25 Tottenham Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841-1845 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barratt, Thomas James (1841-1914) |
| Brief: | Soap manufacturer, pioneer of advertising, historian of Hampstead |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65 Bayham Street |
| Contemp. address: | 60 Bayham Street South |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd] (1946-2006) |
| Brief: | Singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd, known for his whimsical psychedelia |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Tottenham Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1964-1966 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd] (1946-2006) |
| Brief: | Singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd, known for his whimsical psychedelia |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Earlham Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1966-1967 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Seven Dials Trust plaque |
| Name: | Barrett, Wilson [real name William Henry Barrett] (1846-1904) |
| Brief: | Theatre manager, actor and playwright whose melodramatic performances were hugely popular |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Maresfield Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1890-1894 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barrie, Sir James Matthew (1860-1937) |
| Brief: | Novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Grenville Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885-1888 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Marchmont Assoc. plaque |
| Name: | Barron, John Netterville (1920-2004) |
| Brief: | Ubiquitous character actor, especially familiar as CJ in the BBC comedy 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 42 Fairhazel Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1947-1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barry, Sir Charles (1795-1860) |
| Brief: | Architect (Houses of Parliament) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Ely Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1820-1827 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Barrymore, William [born Blewitt or Bluett] (1759-1830) |
| Brief: | Actor |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 72 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 20 Judd Place West |
| Resident: | 1796-1800 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bartholomew, Alfred (1801-1845) |
| Brief: | Architect and editor of The Builder |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Warwick Court |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841-1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bartlett, (Charles) Vernon Oldfeld (1894-1983) |
| Brief: | Journalist, politician, author and Member of Parliament |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950-1954 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bartlett, Abraham Dee (1812-1897) |
| Brief: | Taxidermist whose reconstruction of a dodo won a medal at the Great Exhibition of 1851, superintendent and personification of London Zoo |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Royal College Street |
| Contemp. address: | 16 Great College Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bartlett, Charles William (1860-1940) |
| Brief: | Painter and printmaker whose work was influenced by Japanese woodblock prints |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1900-1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bartlett, William Henry (1809-1854) |
| Brief: | Topographical artist who travelled widely and was buried at sea when returning from a trip to Asia Minor |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 130 Kentish Town Road |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Bartholomew Place |
| Resident: | 1809 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt? |
| Name: | Bartlett, William Henry (1809-1854) |
| Brief: | Topographical artist who travelled widely and was buried at sea when returning from a trip to Asia Minor |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 142 Kentish Town Road |
| Contemp. address: | 11 Bartholomew Place |
| Resident: | 1831-1835 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt? |
| Name: | Bartley [née Williams], Sarah (1783-1850) |
| Brief: | Tragic actress who enjoyed prominence after Sarah Siddons and before Eliza O'Neill |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Woburn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1837-1850 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bartley, George (1782-1858) |
| Brief: | Stage comedian, Falstaff became his favourite character |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Woburn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1837-1858 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barton, John Bernard Adie (1928-2018) |
| Brief: | Theatre director closely associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Cumberland Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 26 Cumberland Terrace |
| Resident: | 1928 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Barton, Matthew (1716-1795) |
| Brief: | Royal Navy officer who rose to become admiral and fought at several major battles |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Rosslyn Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Vane House |
| Resident: | 1781-1795 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Basevi, (Elias) George (1794-1845) |
| Brief: | Architect whose designs include Belgrave Square and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | The Elms, Fitzroy Park |
| Contemp. address: | Elm Lodge |
| Resident: | 1840-1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Basire, James (1730-1802) |
| Brief: | Engraver to the Society of Antiquaries, his copperplate for 'Field of the Cloth of Gold' was so large it required special sheets of paper to be manufactured. William Blake was one of his apprentices. |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1773-1802 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Basire, James (1796-1869) |
| Brief: | Printmaker, printer and cartographer who specialised in lithography |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1848-1852 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Batchelor, Joy Ethel (1914-1991) |
| Brief: | Animator, partner in Halas & Batchelor ('Animal Farm', 'Popeye the Sailor') |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Holford Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1953-1991 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Batchelor, Joy Ethel (1914-1991) |
| Brief: | Animator, partner in Halas & Batchelor ('Animal Farm', 'Popeye the Sailor') |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 East Heath Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1952 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bate, George (1608-1668) |
| Brief: | Physician to Oliver Cromwell and Charles II, one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hatton Garden |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1668 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Bateman [née Cowell], Sidney Frances (1823-1881) |
| Brief: | Actress, playwright, and theatre manager (Lyceum & Sadler's Wells) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Taviton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1880-1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892) |
| Brief: | Naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. His best-known work is 'The Naturalist on the River Amazons' |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | CHR 32 7-13 (2008) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Bartholomew Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1865-1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892) |
| Brief: | Naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. His best-known work is 'The Naturalist on the River Amazons' |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | CHR 32 7-13 (2008) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Harmood Street |
| Contemp. address: | 22 Harmood Street |
| Resident: | 1863 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bates, Joshua (1788-1864) |
| Brief: | Merchant and banker, senior partner at Baring Brothers, founder of the Boston Public Library |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 60 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1824-1827 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bates, Sir Alan Arthur (1934-2003) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen who came to prominence in the 1960s, e.g. 'Whistle Down the Wind' and 'A Kind of Loving' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Lavender Cottage, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1976 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bathurst, Ann (1638-1704) |
| Brief: | Diarist and millennial prophet associated with the Philadelphian Society |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Baldwin's Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1697-1704 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Batmanghelidjh, Camila (1963-2024) |
| Brief: | Psychotherapist, writer and charity executive, founder of charities Place2Be and Kids Company |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Flat 18, West End Court, Greencroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1991-2024 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Batterbury, Thomas (1846-1922) |
| Brief: | Architect of many of Camden's finest houses and studios (Batterbury & Huxley) |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | Important Camden builder |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 91 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | 46 Albert Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Batterbury, Thomas (1846-1922) |
| Brief: | Architect of many of Camden's finest houses and studios (Batterbury & Huxley) |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | Important Camden builder |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Tasker Road |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Church Road |
| Resident: | 1880-1882 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Batterbury, Thomas (1846-1922) |
| Brief: | Architect of many of Camden's finest houses and studios (Batterbury & Huxley) |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | Important Camden builder |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 45 Park Road |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Batterbury, Thomas (1846-1922) |
| Brief: | Architect of many of Camden's finest houses and studios (Batterbury & Huxley) |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | Important Camden builder |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 27 Park Road |
| Resident: | 1875 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Battie, William (1703-1776) |
| Brief: | Physician who was a pioneer in the treatment of the insane, published 'A Treatise on Madness' and became President of the Royal College of Physicians |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | 88 Great Russell Street |
| Resident: | 1763-1776 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Batty, Robert (1789-1848) |
| Brief: | Army officer, wounded at Waterloo, and artist "of considerable merit" |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 140 Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Ridgmount Place |
| Resident: | 1848 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward (1870-1963) |
| Brief: | Portrait and still life painter, pastellist, illustrator and cartoonist at Punch for over 50 years |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Greville Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1940 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward (1870-1963) |
| Brief: | Portrait and still life painter, pastellist, illustrator and cartoonist at Punch for over 50 years |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Priory Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bauzá, Felipe (1764-1834) |
| Brief: | Naval officer, hydrographer and cartographer |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Felipe_Bauz%C3%A1 |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Cranleigh Street |
| Contemp. address: | 58 Johnson Street |
| Resident: | 1834 |
| Notes: | Demolished, location uncertain |
| Name: | Bax, Ernest Belfort (1854-1926) |
| Brief: | Marxist theoretician and activist, a passionate advocate for the social and legal rights of men, author of 'The Fraud of Feminism' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Rosslyn Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Mansfield Villas |
| Resident: | 1868-1870 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor (1883-1953) |
| Brief: | Composer, poet, and author. In addition to a series of symphonic poems he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist. |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Chester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1915-1919 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor (1883-1953) |
| Brief: | Composer, poet, and author. In addition to a series of symphonic poems he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist. |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 155 Fellows Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922-1938 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor (1883-1953) |
| Brief: | Composer, poet, and author. In addition to a series of symphonic poems he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist. |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Ivy Bank, Haverstock Hill |
| Resident: | 1896-1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baxendale, Joseph (1785-1872) |
| Brief: | Transport entrepreneur whose many roles included managing partner of Pickford & Co., hauliers, chairman of the South Eastern Railway and director of the Regent's Canal Company |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Park Village West |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1839-1872 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baxter, Charles Taylor (1809-1879) |
| Brief: | Portrait and genre painter, known especially for his portraits of pretty young women |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Lidlington Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1849-1879 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baxter, Richard (1615-1691) |
| Brief: | Puritan church leader, poet, hymnodist, theologian, and controversialist |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1673-1675 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Baxter, Robert Dudley (1827-1875) |
| Brief: | Political writer and statistician whose data on the likely effect of increased enfranchisement influenced government policy |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Oak Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1875 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Baxter, Stanley Livingstone (1926-2025) |
| Brief: | Actor, comedian, impressionist and author whose TV shows drew audiences in excess of 14 million at their peak |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Fitzroy Lodge, The Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2014-2018 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Baxter, William Giles (1856-1888) |
| Brief: | Cartoonist and illustrator, noted for his work in the weekly comic 'Ally Sloper's Half Holiday' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 44 Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 44 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1888 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bayes, Gilbert William (1872-1953) |
| Brief: | Sculptor (Queen of Time bronze group above the Oxford Street entrance to Selfridges) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Oval Road |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Oval Road |
| Resident: | 1872-1875 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bayes, Gilbert William (1872-1953) |
| Brief: | Sculptor (Queen of Time bronze group above the Oxford Street entrance to Selfridges) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Gilbert William (1872-1953) |
| Brief: | Sculptor (Queen of Time bronze group above the Oxford Street entrance to Selfridges) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 82 Fellows Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1884-1903 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Gilbert William (1872-1953) |
| Brief: | Sculptor (Queen of Time bronze group above the Oxford Street entrance to Selfridges) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Boundary Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1907-1930 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 203A Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 82 Fellows Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1884-1903 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 54 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Flat 3 |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1955-1956 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47A Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Parkhill Road Studios |
| Resident: | 1935-1939 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Oval Road |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Oval Road |
| Resident: | 1869-1875 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Finchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Goldhurst Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1918-1921 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bayes, Walter (1869-1956) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 84 Abbey Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1912-1913 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bayley, Sir John, first baronet (1763-1841) |
| Brief: | Judge, legal writer, plantation owner |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 42 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | 41 Bedford Square |
| Resident: | 1811-1835 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beard, Richard (1801-1885) |
| Brief: | Pioneer photographer who opened England's first professional photography studio and purchased a monopoly on the patent of the Daguerreotype process |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Egremont Place |
| Resident: | 1839 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Beard, Richard (1801-1885) |
| Brief: | Pioneer photographer who opened England's first professional photography studio and purchased a monopoly on the patent of the Daguerreotype process |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Beard, Richard (1801-1885) |
| Brief: | Pioneer photographer who opened England's first professional photography studio and purchased a monopoly on the patent of the Daguerreotype process |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 106 Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Green Hill Villas |
| Resident: | 1881-1885 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beard, Richard (1801-1885) |
| Brief: | Pioneer photographer who opened England's first professional photography studio and purchased a monopoly on the patent of the Daguerreotype process |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 89 Heath Street |
| Contemp. address: | 57 Heath Street |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (1904-1980) |
| Brief: | Photographer, diarist and Oscar-winning designer for screen and theatre |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Langland Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1904-1911 |
| Notes: | Heath and Old Hampstead plaque |
| Name: | Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (1904-1980) |
| Brief: | Photographer, diarist and Oscar-winning designer for screen and theatre |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Temple Court, 1 Templewood Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1921 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beattie, William (1793-1875) |
| Brief: | Physician and poet, author of 'The Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Downshire Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Rose Villa or Cottage |
| Resident: | 1827-1846 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Beauclerc, Marie Bethell (1845-1897) |
| Brief: | Shorthand reporter and teacher of shorthand, possibly the first female journalist in England |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 109 Euston Street |
| Contemp. address: | 24 Crescent Street |
| Resident: | 1845 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Beauclerk, Topham (1739-1780) |
| Brief: | Book collector and friend of Dr Johnson and Horace Walpole |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 100-102 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | Thanet House |
| Resident: | 1779-1780 |
| Notes: | Bedford estate plaque, much altered |
| Name: | Beaumont [Morgan], Hughes Griffiths [Binkie] (1908-1973) |
| Brief: | Theatre manager and producer who could "make or break the career of almost any worker in the British professional theatre" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 97 West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1908 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beaumont [Morgan], Hughes Griffiths [Binkie] (1908-1973) |
| Brief: | Theatre manager and producer who could "make or break the career of almost any worker in the British professional theatre" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 St Stephen's Close, Rudgwick Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beaumont, Timothy Wentworth, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (1928-2008) |
| Brief: | Politician and Anglican priest active in the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Hampstead Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bechet, Sidney Joseph (1897-1959) |
| Brief: | Early jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1922 |
| Notes: | Nubian Jak Community Trust plaque |
| Name: | Beck, Henry Charles [Harry] (1902-1974) |
| Brief: | Technical draughtsman who created the schematic London Underground Tube map |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Church House, 10 South Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1925 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bedford, Francis (1815-1894) |
| Brief: | Photographer and lithographer (stereographs of England and Wales) |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Rochester Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bedford, Francis (1815-1894) |
| Brief: | Photographer and lithographer (stereographs of England and Wales) |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Southampton Place |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1815-1817 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beecham, Sir Joseph, first baronet (1848-1916) |
| Brief: | Manufacturer of patent medicines and theatre proprietor |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Arkwright Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1909-1916 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beecham, Sir Thomas (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Conductor (co-founder of the London Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 7 Bell Moor, East Heath Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937-1941 |
| Notes: | Heath & Hampstead Society plaque |
| Name: | Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maximilian [Max] (1872-1956) |
| Brief: | Dandy, caricaturist and writer, remembered for his novel 'Zuleika Dobson' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Well Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1918-1919 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Behnes, William (1795-1864) |
| Brief: | Medal winning sculptor who was 'Sculptor in Ordinary' to Queen Victoria but died penniless |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 63 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 72 Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1861-1864 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Behnes, William (1795-1864) |
| Brief: | Medal winning sculptor who was 'Sculptor in Ordinary' to Queen Victoria but died penniless |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 30 Osnaburgh Street |
| Contemp. address: | 13 Osnaburgh Street |
| Resident: | 1833-1860 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Belasyse [Bellasis], John, first Baron Belasyse of Worlaby (1614-1689) |
| Brief: | Royalist army officer and Member of Parliament, one of those accused, but eventually acquitted, of murdering Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey and dumping the body on Primrose Hill |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 55-56 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1684-1689 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1955-1961 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1904-1925 (not continuous) |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1929 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 50 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1920-1931 (not continuous) |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1930-1938 |
| Notes: | Occasional pied-a-terre?, demolished |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Regent Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1919-1920 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879-1961) |
| Brief: | Painter (member of the Bloomsbury Group and sister of Virginia Woolf) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 51 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1949-1952 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, (Arthur) Clive Heward (1881-1964) |
| Brief: | Art critic and writer, associated with formalism and the Bloomsbury Group |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1907-1922 (not continuous) |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, (Arthur) Clive Heward (1881-1964) |
| Brief: | Art critic and writer, associated with formalism and the Bloomsbury Group |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 50 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922-1939 (not continuous) |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Alexander Melville (1819-1905) |
| Brief: | Teacher and researcher in phonetics and elecution, creator of 'Visible Speech' which was used to help the deaf learn to talk |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Harrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1865-1870 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Alfred (1832-1895) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Clayton and Bell was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/clayton/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Frognal |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1895 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Alfred (1832-1895) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Clayton and Bell was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/clayton/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1-3 Lyndhurst Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | Bayford House, Windsor Terrace |
| Resident: | 1871-1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Alfred (1832-1895) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Clayton and Bell was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/clayton/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Rochester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Edward (1844-1926) |
| Brief: | Publisher, translator and editor. Successful manager of George Bell & Sons, president of the Publishers' Association |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Bell, George (1814-1890) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Fellows Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bell, Edward (1844-1926) |
| Brief: | Publisher, translator and editor. Successful manager of George Bell & Sons, president of the Publishers' Association |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Bell, George (1814-1890) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 The Mount |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1926 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Ernest (1851-1933) |
| Brief: | Publisher and activist for animal rights and welfare, humanitarianism and vegetarianism. Founder of the League Against Cruel Sports |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Willoughby Road |
| Contemp. address: | Saxon House, Willoughby Road |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, George (1814-1890) |
| Brief: | Publisher, founder of George Bell & Sons, supporter of Regent's Park Home for Boys and owner of a private menagerie |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Belsize Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1860 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, George (1814-1890) |
| Brief: | Publisher, founder of George Bell & Sons, supporter of Regent's Park Home for Boys and owner of a private menagerie |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Belsize Grove |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Haverstock Terrace |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Family home of Bell, Edward (1844-1926) and Bell, Ernest (1851-1933) |
| Name: | Bell, George (1814-1890) |
| Brief: | Publisher, founder of George Bell & Sons, supporter of Regent's Park Home for Boys and owner of a private menagerie |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Eton Avenue / Englands Lane |
| Contemp. address: | Westcroft, Englands Lane |
| Resident: | 1861-1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished, family home of Bell, Edward (1844-1926) and Bell, Ernest (1851-1933) |
| Name: | Bell, George (1814-1890) |
| Brief: | Publisher, founder of George Bell & Sons, supporter of Regent's Park Home for Boys and owner of a private menagerie |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Hampstead Hill Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | Bramerton, Hampstead Hill Gardens |
| Resident: | 1882-1890 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Horace (1839-1903) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer and author who surveyed and managed several railway lines in India |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 81 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1839 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, John (1764-1836) |
| Brief: | Barrister who was very successful despite being lame, having a broad Westmorland accent, a confirmed stammer, and illegible handwriting |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1823-1836 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, John (1764-1836) |
| Brief: | Barrister who was very successful despite being lame, having a broad Westmorland accent, a confirmed stammer, and illegible handwriting |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 69 Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1814-1822 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Julian Heward (1908-1937) |
| Brief: | Poet, killed in the Spanish Civil War |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1908 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen (1910-1996) |
| Brief: | Art historian and teacher, writer and potter. His biography of his aunt, Virginia Woolf, won multiple awards |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1910 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bell, Robert Anning (1863-1933) |
| Brief: | Artist and designer who created mosaics for the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Cathedral |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Monmouth Street |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Little St Andrew Street |
| Resident: | 1863 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bell, Robert Anning (1863-1933) |
| Brief: | Artist and designer who created mosaics for the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Cathedral |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Forge Place |
| Contemp. address: | 59 Prince of Wales Crescent |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bellasis, Edward (1800-1873) |
| Brief: | Serjeant-at-law, follower of the Oxford Movement who converted to Roman Catholicism |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1830-1834 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bellasis, Edward (1800-1873) |
| Brief: | Serjeant-at-law, follower of the Oxford Movement who converted to Roman Catholicism |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1836-1849 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bellin, Samuel (1799-1893) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver who made prints after many of the popular English painters of the day |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Camden High Street |
| Contemp. address: | 23 High Street |
| Resident: | 1841-1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bellin, Samuel (1799-1893) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver who made prints after many of the popular English painters of the day |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Camden Street |
| Contemp. address: | 49 Camden Street |
| Resident: | 1857-1890 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bellin, Samuel (1799-1893) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver who made prints after many of the popular English painters of the day |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Regent's Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1893 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bellinger, Sir Robert Ian (1910-2002) |
| Brief: | Politician and Lord Mayor of London, Life President of Arsenal Football Club |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Manor Mansions, Belsize Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950-1954 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bellinger, Sir Robert Ian (1910-2002) |
| Brief: | Politician and Lord Mayor of London, Life President of Arsenal Football Club |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Cumberland Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1967-1975 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bellingham, John (1770-1812) |
| Brief: | Insurance broker who assassinated prime minister Spencer Perceval |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Millman Street |
| Contemp. address: | 9 New Millman Street |
| Resident: | 1812 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bello, Andrés (1781-1865) |
| Brief: | Venezuelan Patriot, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 58 Grafton Way |
| Contemp. address: | 27 Grafton Street |
| Resident: | 1810 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Bello, Andrés (1781-1865) |
| Brief: | Venezuelan Patriot, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Werrington Street |
| Contemp. address: | 39 Clarendon Square |
| Resident: | 1822 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bello, Andrés (1781-1865) |
| Brief: | Venezuelan Patriot, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 77 Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Sol's Row |
| Resident: | 1823 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bello, Andrés (1781-1865) |
| Brief: | Venezuelan Patriot, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Egremont Place |
| Resident: | 1826 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Belt, William John (1826-1892) |
| Brief: | Barrister and antiquarian best known for his drunken behaviour which was widely reported by popular newspapers |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 102 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1869-1892 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Belt, William John (1826-1892) |
| Brief: | Barrister and antiquarian best known for his drunken behaviour which was widely reported by popular newspapers |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | 40 Great Ormond Street |
| Resident: | 1826 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Benham, Gertrude Emily [Truda] (1867-1938) |
| Brief: | Explorer and mountaineer who climbed more than 300 mountains and hiked across South America and Africa |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Gloucester Gate |
| Contemp. address: | 11 Gloucester Terrace |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benham, Gertrude Emily [Truda] (1867-1938) |
| Brief: | Explorer and mountaineer who climbed more than 300 mountains and hiked across South America and Africa |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Albert Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benjamin, Anthony [born Anthony Benjamin Brown] (1931-2002) |
| Brief: | Painter, sculptor and printmaker, lecturer in art at colleges in the UK and USA |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Coram Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1963 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benjamin, Arthur Leslie (1893-1960) |
| Brief: | Composer, pianist, conductor and teacher, best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Gloucester Gate Mews |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1947-1953 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benjamin, Arthur Leslie (1893-1960) |
| Brief: | Composer, pianist, conductor and teacher, best known as the composer of 'Jamaican Rumba' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Ranulf Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1960 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennet, Edward Armstrong (1888-1977) |
| Brief: | Psychiatrist who was one of the earliest practising Jungian analysts in the UK |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 St Katharine's Precinct |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1930-1977 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennet, Edward Armstrong (1888-1977) |
| Brief: | Psychiatrist who was one of the earliest practising Jungian analysts in the UK |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 St Katharine's Precinct |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1927-1929 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold (1867-1931) |
| Brief: | Writer best known for his novels set in the Staffordshire Potteries ('Anna of the Five Towns', etc.) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Halsey House, Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1902 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, Alfred William (1833-1902) |
| Brief: | Botanist and publisher who studied the flora of the Swiss Alps, cryptogams and the Milkwort family |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Park Village East |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Park Village East |
| Resident: | 1870-1902 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, Alfred William (1833-1902) |
| Brief: | Botanist and publisher who studied the flora of the Swiss Alps, cryptogams and the Milkwort family |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 45 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-1867) |
| Brief: | Prolific illustrator whose work spanned children's books to Illustrated London News and Punch |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Caversham Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1867 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, Harold Frank (1898-1981) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen, best remembered as 'Young Mr. Grace' in the 1970s British sitcom 'Are You Being Served?' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Lawford Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1981 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, Harold Frank (1898-1981) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen, best remembered as 'Young Mr. Grace' in the 1970s British sitcom 'Are You Being Served?' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Jeffrey's Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1971-1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bennett, Sir William Sterndale (1816-1875) |
| Brief: | Composer, pianist, conductor and music educator, founder of the English Bach Society |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | 15 Russell Place |
| Resident: | 1845-1859 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bensley, Robert (~1740-1817) |
| Brief: | Actor, whose best role was that of Malvolio in Twelfth Night |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bloomsbury Street |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square |
| Resident: | 1777-1796 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Benson, George Frederick Percy (1911-1983) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen, noted for supporting roles with George Formby and Ronnie Barker |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Makepeace Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1983 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benson, Richard Meux (1824-1915) |
| Brief: | Clergyman and theologian, founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, the first Anglican order of monks since the Reformation |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | Bolton House |
| Resident: | 1824 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bentham, Samuel (1757-1831) |
| Brief: | Mechanical engineer and naval architect, Inspector General of Naval Works, supervised Prince Potemkin's factories and workshops in Russia, designed the first Panopticon |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Frognal Lane |
| Contemp. address: | Old Frognal Court |
| Resident: | 1805-1814 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentley, Charles (1806-1854) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter of coastal and river scenery |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 197 Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 11 Mornington Place |
| Resident: | 1851-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bentley, Charlotte Eliza (1915-1996) |
| Brief: | Nurse who campaigned to raise the status of State Enrolled Nurses |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 37 Elsworthy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1996 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956) |
| Brief: | Novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew, 'Trent's Last Case' was filmed 3 times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Brookfield Mansions, Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 15 Brookfield Mansions, West Hill |
| Resident: | 1903-1905 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956) |
| Brief: | Novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew, 'Trent's Last Case' was filmed 3 times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Camden Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956) |
| Brief: | Novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew, 'Trent's Last Case' was filmed 3 times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Tanza Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956) |
| Brief: | Novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew, 'Trent's Last Case' was filmed 3 times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Lymington Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1926 |
| Notes: | Memorial plaque |
| Name: | Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956) |
| Brief: | Novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew, 'Trent's Last Case' was filmed 3 times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Belsize Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1945 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875-1956) |
| Brief: | Novelist and humorist, inventor of the clerihew, 'Trent's Last Case' was filmed 3 times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 75 Dartmouth Park Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1906-1910 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benton, Mary Sophia (1855-1944) |
| Brief: | Headmistress of South Hampstead High School known for her male attire and her drive for scientific study |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 8 Alexandra Mansions, West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Benton, Mary Sophia (1855-1944) |
| Brief: | Headmistress of South Hampstead High School known for her male attire and her drive for scientific study |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 33 Avenue Mansions, Finchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentwich [née Franklin], Helen Caroline (1892-1972) |
| Brief: | Politician, chairman of the LCC, author of 'The Vale of Health on Hampstead Heath, 1777-1967' |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hollycot, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937-1972 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentwich, Norman de Mattos (1883-1971) |
| Brief: | Barrister, writer and legal academic. Attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hollycot, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937-1971 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentwich, Norman de Mattos (1883-1971) |
| Brief: | Barrister, writer and legal academic. Attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 145 Abbey Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885-1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bentwich, Norman de Mattos (1883-1971) |
| Brief: | Barrister, writer and legal academic. Attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 58 Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Berg, Adrian Charles John (1929-2011) |
| Brief: | Painter known for his landscapes of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Gloucester Gate |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1961-1984 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bergman-Österberg, Martina Sofia Helena (1849-1915) |
| Brief: | Feminist and promoter of women's physical education |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Broadhurst Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885-1895 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Berkeley [formerly Blascheck], Ballard (1904-1988) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage and screen, best remembered for playing the Major in 'Fawlty Towers' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65 Platt's Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1955-1988 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Berlin, Sir Isaiah (1909-1997) |
| Brief: | Social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas who had a significant impact on British, American, and Israeli social and cultural life |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 49 Hollycroft Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1956 |
| Notes: | Heath & Hampstead Society plaque |
| Name: | Berlioz, (Louis) Hector (1803-1869) |
| Brief: | Composer and conductor ('Symphonie fantastique', 'Harold in Italy') |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Osnaburgh Street |
| Contemp. address: | 26 Osnaburgh Street |
| Resident: | 1848 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bernal, John Desmond (1901-1971) |
| Brief: | Physicist and crystallographer |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21-22 Torrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1964 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bernal, John Desmond (1901-1971) |
| Brief: | Physicist and crystallographer |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 80 South Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1933 |
| Notes: | Demolished WWII |
| Name: | Bernal, John Desmond (1901-1971) |
| Brief: | Physicist and crystallographer |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 44 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1965-1971 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Bernal, John Desmond (1901-1971) |
| Brief: | Physicist and crystallographer |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1946-1948 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bernal, Ralph (1783-1854) |
| Brief: | politician and art collector, MP for 37 years, opponent of abolition, president of the British Archaeological Association |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1816-1821 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928-2000) |
| Brief: | Picture editor, writer and photographer who wrote for the Sunday Times and the Independent |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Frederick Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2000 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928-2000) |
| Brief: | Picture editor, writer and photographer who wrote for the Sunday Times and the Independent |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 44 Frederick Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1993 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bernasconi, Francisco (1762-1841) |
| Brief: | One of the most successful ornamental carvers and plasterers in Georgian Britain |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Alfred Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1806-1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Besant [née Wood], Annie (1847-1933) |
| Brief: | Socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Mortimer Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | Oatlands, Mortimer Crescent |
| Resident: | 1876-1883 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901) |
| Brief: | Writer, historian of London |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Frognal Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | Frognal End |
| Resident: | 1892-1901 |
| Notes: | LCC blue plaque |
| Name: | Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901) |
| Brief: | Writer, historian of London |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Gayton Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885-1892 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bessemer, Sir Henry (1813-1898) |
| Brief: | Businessman and inventor (the Bessemer converter for turning iron into steel) |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Highgate Road |
| Contemp. address: | Charlton House |
| Resident: | 1851-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bessemer, Sir Henry (1813-1898) |
| Brief: | Businessman and inventor (the Bessemer converter for turning iron into steel) |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Pancras Road |
| Contemp. address: | Baxter House |
| Resident: | ~1843 |
| Notes: | Demolished, location uncertain |
| Name: | Best, William Draper, first Baron Wynford (1767-1845) |
| Brief: | Lawyer, judge, politician and deputy speaker |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1822-1829 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Besterman, Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel (1904-1976) |
| Brief: | Psychical researcher, bibliographer, biographer and translator who studied and published the correspondence and works of Voltaire |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 98 Heath Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1936-1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Besterman, Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel (1904-1976) |
| Brief: | Psychical researcher, bibliographer, biographer and translator who studied and published the correspondence and works of Voltaire |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Keats Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950-1951 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Besterman, Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel (1904-1976) |
| Brief: | Psychical researcher, bibliographer, biographer and translator who studied and published the correspondence and works of Voltaire |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1935 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Betham, (Mary) Matilda (1776-1852) |
| Brief: | Diarist, poet and miniature portrait painter who published 'A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country' |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Burton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1849-1852 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bethell, Richard, first Baron Westbury (1800-1873) |
| Brief: | Lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who served as Lord High Chancellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1843-1849 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Betjeman, Sir John (1906-1984) |
| Brief: | Poet, writer, and broadcaster |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 31 West Hill |
| Resident: | 1908-1917 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Betjeman, Sir John (1906-1984) |
| Brief: | Poet, writer, and broadcaster |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Parliament Hill Mansions, Lissenden Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1906-1908 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Betts, Edward Ladd (1815-1872) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer, mainly involved in the building of railways, often in partnership with Samuel Morton Peto |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1850-1852 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Betty, William Henry West (1791-1874) |
| Brief: | Child actor known as Master Betty and the Young Roscius; Pitt once adjourned the House of Commons so that members might be in time for his performance |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | near Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 37 Ampthill Square |
| Resident: | 1860-1874 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bevan, Aneurin [Nye] (1897-1960) |
| Brief: | Labour Party politician, noted for his contribution to the founding of the NHS and the British welfare state |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1937 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bevan, Robert Polhill (1865-1925) |
| Brief: | Painter (founding member of the Camden Town Group) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Adamson Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1900-1925 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Beverley, Henry Roxby (1796-1863) |
| Brief: | Actor |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1863 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beverley, Robert Henry Roxby (1809-1866) |
| Brief: | Actor and stage manager |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1866 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beverly, William Roxby (1804-1889) |
| Brief: | Theatrical scenery painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1862-1888 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beverly, William Roxby (1804-1889) |
| Brief: | Theatrical scenery painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 South Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1889 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Beverly, William Roxby (1804-1889) |
| Brief: | Theatrical scenery painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 94 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 43 Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1850-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bickersteth, Edward Henry (1825-1906) |
| Brief: | Bishop of Exeter, editor of hymnals and an accomplished poet, vicar of Christ Church, Hampstead for 30 years |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10-12 Cannon Place |
| Contemp. address: | Christ Church Parsonage |
| Resident: | 1861-1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bickersteth, Robert (1816-1884) |
| Brief: | Clergyman, Rector of St Giles-in-the-Fields, Bishop of Ripon |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 62 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 31 Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1853-1857 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Biddulph, Sir Michael Anthony Shrapnel (1823-1904) |
| Brief: | Army officer who served in the Crimean War and became Black Rod |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Chester Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1859-1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bigg, William Redmore (1755-1828) |
| Brief: | Painter of rustic scenes, often with children |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 116 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | 123 Great Russell Street |
| Resident: | 1806-1828 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bindman, Sir Geoffrey Lionel (1933-2025) |
| Brief: | Solicitor specialising in human rights law, appointed QC in 2011 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 26 Hillway |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1970-2009 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bingham, Peregrine (1788-1864) |
| Brief: | Legal writer, journalist and reformer |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Bingham, Peregrine (1788-1864) |
| Brief: | Legal writer, journalist and reformer |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851-1864 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Birch, Eugenius (1818-1884) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer specialising in seaside piers |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Belsize Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Belsize Avenue |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Eugenius (1818-1884) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer specialising in seaside piers |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Rochester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Eugenius (1818-1884) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer specialising in seaside piers |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | Laurieston Lodge |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Birch, George Henry (1842-1904) |
| Brief: | Architect, antiquarian and curator of Sir John Soane's Museum |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1894-1904 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Samuel (1757-1841) |
| Brief: | Politician, playwright and pastrycook who became Lord Mayor of London |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 107 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1812-1841 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Brief: | Egyptologist and antiquary, translated 'The Book of the Dead', head of the Egyptian and Assyrian department at the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Caversham Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Brief: | Egyptologist and antiquary, translated 'The Book of the Dead', head of the Egyptian and Assyrian department at the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | 17 Chalcot Villas |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Family home of Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Name: | Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Brief: | Egyptologist and antiquary, translated 'The Book of the Dead', head of the Egyptian and Assyrian department at the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Eton Villas |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Family home of Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Name: | Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Brief: | Egyptologist and antiquary, translated 'The Book of the Dead', head of the Egyptian and Assyrian department at the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | British Museum, Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Brief: | Historian, editor and author, best known for his 'Cartularium Saxonicum' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Dartmouth Park Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Brief: | Historian, editor and author, best known for his 'Cartularium Saxonicum' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Boscastle Road |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Grove Road |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Brief: | Historian, editor and author, best known for his 'Cartularium Saxonicum' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 80 Priory Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Brief: | Historian, editor and author, best known for his 'Cartularium Saxonicum' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 South Hill Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1876-1877 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) |
| Brief: | Historian, editor and author, best known for his 'Cartularium Saxonicum' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Birch, Samuel (1813-1885) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 25 South Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1873-1875 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bird, Golding (1814-1854) |
| Brief: | Physician, an authority on kidney disease and the medical use of electricity |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851-1854 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bird, Golding (1814-1854) |
| Brief: | Physician, an authority on kidney disease and the medical use of electricity |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Mabledon Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1829-1833 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bishop [née Wall], Bernardine Anna Livia Mary (1939-2013) |
| Brief: | Novelist, teacher and psychotherapist, the youngest defence witness in the Lady Chatterley trial |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Patshull Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1998-2013 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bishop, Henry Rowley (1786-1855) |
| Brief: | Composer (Home Sweet Home) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol5/pp309-324 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Torrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1832 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Black, Patrick (1813-1879) |
| Brief: | Physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital, censor of the Royal College of Physicians |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1839-1852 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Black, William (1841-1898) |
| Brief: | Journalist and novelist whose memorial is a lighthouse on the east coast of Mull |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Granby Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Granby Street |
| Resident: | 1864-1865 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron Blackett (1897-1974) |
| Brief: | Experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays and paleomagnetism, Nobel Prize for Physics |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Primrose Hill Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934-1935 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900) |
| Brief: | Novelist and fruit farmer, it is said that he preferred to be remembered as the winner of first prize for swedes than as the author of Lorna Doone |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | CHR 44 36-43 (2020) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Murray Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900) |
| Brief: | Novelist and fruit farmer, it is said that he preferred to be remembered as the winner of first prize for swedes than as the author of Lorna Doone |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | CHR 44 36-43 (2020) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Hawley Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1849 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780) |
| Brief: | Jurist, judge and politician noted for writing the 'Commentaries on the Laws of England' |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 55 Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1768-1780 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blackwood [née Sheridan], Helen Selina, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807-1867) |
| Brief: | Author and song writer, admired for her wit and literary talents |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hampstead Lane |
| Contemp. address: | Dufferin Lodge |
| Resident: | 1862-1867 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blackwood, Algernon Henry (1869-1951) |
| Brief: | Broadcaster, journalist, novelist and among the most prolific writers of ghost stories |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Lawn Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blackwood, Sir (Stevenson) Arthur (1832-1893) |
| Brief: | Secretary of the Post Office and evangelical Christian known in society as known as Beauty Blackwood |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Olave Centre, Lyndhurst Road |
| Contemp. address: | Rosslyn Lodge |
| Resident: | 1832-1841 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blair, Betsy [born Elizabeth Winifred Boger] (1923-2009) |
| Brief: | Actress on film and stage, nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA winner, investigated by the HUAC and blacklisted for several years |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Chalcot Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1977-2002 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blair, Norman MacPhail (1896-1975) |
| Brief: | Dance band singer and songwriter who used over 60 different pseudonyms including Maurice Elwin |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 3, 16 Canfield Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1975 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blair, Norman MacPhail (1896-1975) |
| Brief: | Dance band singer and songwriter who used over 60 different pseudonyms including Maurice Elwin |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Lancaster Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blair, Sir Robert (1859-1935) |
| Brief: | Educational administrator, the first education officer to the LCC |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Crediton Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Crediton Road |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blair, Sir Robert (1859-1935) |
| Brief: | Educational administrator, the first education officer to the LCC |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Ardwick Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1919-1923 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blakelock, Denys Martin (1901-1970) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage, television and radio |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 317 Endsleigh Court, Upper Woburn Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blakelock, Denys Martin (1901-1970) |
| Brief: | Actor on stage, television and radio |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Woburn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1938 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blakemore, Michael Howell (1928-2023) |
| Brief: | Actor, writer and theatre director, winner of Tony Awards for Best Director in the same year for 'Copenhagen' and 'Kiss Me, Kate' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 15 Gardnor Mansions, Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1963-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blakemore, Michael Howell (1928-2023) |
| Brief: | Actor, writer and theatre director, winner of Tony Awards for Best Director in the same year for 'Copenhagen' and 'Kiss Me, Kate' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 18 Upper Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1990-2003 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blamey, Norman Charles (1914-2000) |
| Brief: | Painter and teacher influenced by Stanley Spencer |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 112 Greencroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1960 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blamey, Norman Charles (1914-2000) |
| Brief: | Painter and teacher influenced by Stanley Spencer |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Lyncroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1961-1998 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blanchard, Edward Litt Leman (1820-1889) |
| Brief: | Dramatist, best known for his Drury Lane pantomimes |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1820 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blanchard, Edward Litt Leman (1820-1889) |
| Brief: | Dramatist, best known for his Drury Lane pantomimes |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 57 Red Lion Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1830 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blanchard, Valentine (1831-1901) |
| Brief: | Photographer (stereoscopic views of the streets of London and its landmarks) |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | http://www.fadingimages.uk/blanchard2.asp |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Camden High Street |
| Contemp. address: | 151 High Street |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Probably rebuilt |
| Name: | Blanchard, Valentine (1831-1901) |
| Brief: | Photographer (stereoscopic views of the streets of London and its landmarks) |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | http://www.fadingimages.uk/blanchard2.asp |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 82 St Pancras Way |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Camden Cottages |
| Resident: | 1869-1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bland-Sutton, Sir John, first baronet (1855-1936) |
| Brief: | Surgeon who served as President of both the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Gordon Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1883-1889 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blandford, Thomas (1861-1899) |
| Brief: | Co-operative movement activist |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 122 Stanhope Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blicke, Sir Charles (1745-1815) |
| Brief: | Surgeon, master of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Bedford Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1812-1815 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blincoe, Robert (~1792-1860) |
| Brief: | Possible inspiration for the character of Oliver Twist |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | St Pancras Workhouse |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1796-1799 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blind, Karl (1826-1907) |
| Brief: | Revolutionary and writer on politics, history, mythology and German literature |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Winchester Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1907 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond (1891-1975) |
| Brief: | Composer, conductor and Master of the Queen's Music. |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | East Heath Lodge, 1 East Heath Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1929-1939 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Blizard, Thomas (1772-1838) |
| Brief: | Surgeon, a skilled lithotomist who invented a special knife for the removal of urinary calculus |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Cumberland Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 15 Cumberland Terrace |
| Resident: | 1838 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt as flats behind facade |
| Name: | Blomfield [née Ryan], Sara Louisa (1859-1939) |
| Brief: | Writer and philanthropist who was an early member of the Baháʼí Faith in the British Isles, and a supporter of the rights of children and women |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Burgess Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1930-1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blomfield, Sir Reginald Theodore (1856-1942) |
| Brief: | Architect, garden designer and author whose many works included the redevelopment of Nash's Quadrant in Regent Street |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 51 Frognal |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1895-1942 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blomfield, Sir Reginald Theodore (1856-1942) |
| Brief: | Architect, garden designer and author whose many works included the redevelopment of Nash's Quadrant in Regent Street |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Woburn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blondin, Charles [real name Gravelet, Jean-François Émile] (1824-1897) |
| Brief: | Tightrope walker and acrobat. |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | CHR 40 10-15 (2016) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 70 Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1863-1864 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bloxam, Charles Loudon (1831-1887) |
| Brief: | Chemist, professor of chemistry at KCL, wrote outstanding textbooks and worked on the analysis of tin, antimony and arsenic |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1883-1887 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blumlein, Alan Dower (1903-1942) |
| Brief: | Electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, television and radar |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Netherhall Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1903-1906 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blumlein, Alan Dower (1903-1942) |
| Brief: | Electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, television and radar |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 66 Boundary Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Blumlein, Alan Dower (1903-1942) |
| Brief: | Electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, television and radar |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Lyncroft Mansions |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1930 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blunden, Edmund Charles (1896-1974) |
| Brief: | Poet of WWI, author and critic, Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 54A Tottenham Court Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1896-1898 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Blythe, John Herbert Augustus (1921-1993) |
| Brief: | Character actor on film and TV |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Acol Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1951-1960 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boaden, James (1762-1839) |
| Brief: | Biographer, dramatist, and journalist who wrote lives of celebrated actors and actresses |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 60 Warren Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1798-1833 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bobath [née Busse], Berta Ottilie (1907-1991) |
| Brief: | Physiotherapist who created a method of rehabilitation and therapy known as the Bobath concept |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 36C Arkwright Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1971-1991 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bockman, Gerhard (1686-1773) |
| Brief: | Portrait painter and engraver |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1737 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Boden, Samuel Standidge (1826-1882) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter, professional chess player, author of 'A Popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-other-talent-of-samuel-boden.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bedford Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Tavistock Street |
| Resident: | 1882 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boden, Samuel Standidge (1826-1882) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter, professional chess player, author of 'A Popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess' |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-other-talent-of-samuel-boden.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 72 Pratt Street |
| Contemp. address: | 57 Pratt Street |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bodkin, Sir Archibald Henry (1862-1957) |
| Brief: | Lawyer, director of public prosecutions, prosecuter of the 'Brides in the bath' case, banned James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and Radclyffe Hall's 'The Well of Loneliness' |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | West Hill Place |
| Resident: | 1881-1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bodkin, Sir Archibald Henry (1862-1957) |
| Brief: | Lawyer, director of public prosecutions, prosecuter of the 'Brides in the bath' case, banned James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and Radclyffe Hall's 'The Well of Loneliness' |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Green Bank, Merton Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1862-1874 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bodkin, Sir William Henry (1791-1874) |
| Brief: | Barrister, judge and Conservative Party politician, president of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | West Hill Place |
| Resident: | 1851-1874 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bodley, George Frederick (1827-1907) |
| Brief: | Gothic Revival architect, mainly of churches and church furnishings |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1873-1886 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bogarde, Sir Dirk [real name Derek Niven van den Bogaerde] (1921-1999) |
| Brief: | Actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially famous from the 'Doctor in the House' series, he starred in many key films such as 'The Servant' and 'Death in Venice' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Priory Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 39 St George's Road |
| Resident: | 1921-1922 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bogarde, Sir Dirk [real name Derek Niven van den Bogaerde] (1921-1999) |
| Brief: | Actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially famous from the 'Doctor in the House' series, he starred in many key films such as 'The Servant' and 'Death in Venice' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 173 Goldhurst Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922-1925 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bogdani, Jacob (1658-1724) |
| Brief: | Artist known for his paintings of exotic birds, poultry and game |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | At the sign of the Golden Eagle |
| Resident: | 1724 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Bogdani, Jacob (1658-1724) |
| Brief: | Artist known for his paintings of exotic birds, poultry and game |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Tower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1688-1701 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Bogue, David (1808-1856) |
| Brief: | Publisher and bookseller |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 242 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | 76 Camden Road Villas |
| Resident: | 1851-1856 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bohm, Dorothy [born Dorothea Israelit] (1924-2023) |
| Brief: | Photographer known for her portraiture, street photography and early adoption of colour |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://dorothybohm.com/about/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 16C Lindfield Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1964 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bohm, Dorothy [born Dorothea Israelit] (1924-2023) |
| Brief: | Photographer known for her portraiture, street photography and early adoption of colour |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://dorothybohm.com/about/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 15 Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1984-2016 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bohm, Dorothy [born Dorothea Israelit] (1924-2023) |
| Brief: | Photographer known for her portraiture, street photography and early adoption of colour |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://dorothybohm.com/about/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 16 Greenaway Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1971-1982 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boileau, John Theophilus (1805-1886) |
| Brief: | Army engineer who worked in India and was involved in restoration of Mughal monuments including the Taj Mahal |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 140 Maida Vale |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Kilburn Priory |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bolton, Sir Frederic Bernard [Tim] (1921-2005) |
| Brief: | Shipowner and underwriter, Chairman of Lloyd's of London, president of the British Shipping Federation |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Lower Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1921-1922 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Fordwych Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1934 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Greville Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Robert Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1915 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Parkhill Road Studios |
| Resident: | 1920 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 66A Lymington Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937-1938 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Rosslyn Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bomberg, David Garshen (1890-1957) |
| Brief: | Painter (One of the Whitechapel Boys) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Steele's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bond, Jessie Charlotte (1853-1942) |
| Brief: | Singer and actress best known for roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 38 Pratt Street |
| Contemp. address: | 74 Pratt Street |
| Resident: | 1853 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bond, Jessie Charlotte (1853-1942) |
| Brief: | Singer and actress best known for roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953) |
| Brief: | Politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. First female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 122 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1903-1907 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953) |
| Brief: | Politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. First female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1930 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953) |
| Brief: | Politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. First female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1936-1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953) |
| Brief: | Politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. First female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 41 Nigel Buildings, Portpool Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1913-1915 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bondfield, Margaret Grace (1873-1953) |
| Brief: | Politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. First female cabinet minister and the first woman to be a privy counsellor |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Ampthill Square |
| Resident: | 1910-1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bone, Henry (1755-1834) |
| Brief: | Enamel painter employed by George III, George IV and William IV who has been called the "Prince of Enamelers" |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Chalton Street |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Clarendon Square |
| Resident: | 1832-1834 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bone, Henry Pierce (1779-1855) |
| Brief: | Miniature and enamel painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1832-1846 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bone, Henry Pierce (1779-1855) |
| Brief: | Miniature and enamel painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 119 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 47 Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1810-1831 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bone, Henry Pierce (1779-1855) |
| Brief: | Miniature and enamel painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1848-1855 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bone, Sir Muirhead (1876-1953) |
| Brief: | Etcher and watercolourist, war artist in both WWI and WWII, "among the greatest British draughtsmen" |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1908-1913 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bone, Sir Muirhead (1876-1953) |
| Brief: | Etcher and watercolourist, war artist in both WWI and WWII, "among the greatest British draughtsmen" |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 The Gables, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1907 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bone, Stephen (1904-1958) |
| Brief: | Painter, illustrator, writer, broadcaster and war artist, director of Hornsey College of Art |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1937 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bone, Stephen (1904-1958) |
| Brief: | Painter, illustrator, writer, broadcaster and war artist, director of Hornsey College of Art |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 140 Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937-1939, 1946-1958 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bonington, Richard Parkes (1802-1828) |
| Brief: | Landscape painter who became one of the most influential British artists of his time |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 42 Tottenham Street |
| Contemp. address: | 29 Tottenham Street |
| Resident: | 1828 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bonneau, Jacob (1717-1786) |
| Brief: | Painter in watercolour, illustrator, and art instructor |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 71 Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1773-1783 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bonney, John Augustus (1763-1813) |
| Brief: | Lawyer and political reformer, member of the London Corresponding Society, imprisoned in the Tower and held without trial for several months |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1793-1813 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boon, Charles (1877-1943) |
| Brief: | Publisher who co-founded Mills and Boon, a name that is synonymous with romantic fiction |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mercer Street |
| Contemp. address: | 12/13 Little White Lion Street |
| Resident: | 1881-1901 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Booth [née Santlow], Hester (~1690-1773) |
| Brief: | Actress and dancer who has been called "England's first ballerina" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1773 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Booth, (Leslie) Webster (1902-1984) |
| Brief: | One of the finest tenor singers of his generation, variety act partner of Anne Ziegler |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 102 Frognal |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1952 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Booth, (Leslie) Webster (1902-1984) |
| Brief: | One of the finest tenor singers of his generation, variety act partner of Anne Ziegler |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Ellerdale Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1956 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Booth, David (1766-1846) |
| Brief: | Chemist, author of 'The Art of Brewing' |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Art_of_Brewing/9xgZAAAAYAAJ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Bloomsbury Street |
| Contemp. address: | 25 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury |
| Resident: | 1834-1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Booth, Sir Felix, first baronet (1780-1850) |
| Brief: | Owner of Booth's gin distillery and promoter of Arctic exploration |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1803-1825 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boott, Francis (1792-1863) |
| Brief: | Physician and botanist who was an authority on fevers, the first use of ether as an anaesthetic in Britain was in his house |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 24 Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1826-1863 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boott, Francis (1792-1863) |
| Brief: | Physician and botanist who was an authority on fevers, the first use of ether as an anaesthetic in Britain was in his house |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 126 Southampton Row |
| Contemp. address: | 20 Southampton Row |
| Resident: | 1821-1824 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Borenius, (Carl) Tancred (1885-1948) |
| Brief: | Art historian and prolific author, expert on Italian art of the early Renaissance, first professor of the history of art at UCL |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1917-1920 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Borenius, (Carl) Tancred (1885-1948) |
| Brief: | Art historian and prolific author, expert on Italian art of the early Renaissance, first professor of the history of art at UCL |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Robsart House, Kenton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Borglum, John Gutzon de la Mothe (1867-1941) |
| Brief: | Sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Mortimer Place |
| Contemp. address: | Harlestone Villa |
| Resident: | 1899-1902 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Borlase, William Copeland (1848-1899) |
| Brief: | Liberal party politician and antiquarian who supervised the excavations of prehistoric sites in Cornwall |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 34, Bedford Court Mansions |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1899 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881) |
| Brief: | Writer and traveller (Lavengro, The Romany Rye) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1829-1830 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881) |
| Brief: | Writer and traveller (Lavengro, The Romany Rye) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Museum Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1830 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Borthwick, Algernon, Baron Glenesk (1830-1908) |
| Brief: | Journalist, Conservative politician, owner of the Morning Post |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Heath House |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1889-1899 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bosanquet, Charles (1769-1850) |
| Brief: | Merchant and writer of economic pamphlets, Governor of the South Sea Company and a director of the West India Company |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | The Firs, Spaniards End |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1804-1850 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bosanquet, Samuel Richard (1800-1882) |
| Brief: | Barrister and writer on legal and religious topics who showed an abhorrence of all things progressive |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Montague Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841-1845 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bostock, Elizabeth Anne (1817-1898) |
| Brief: | Promoter of women's education, trustee at Bedford College |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Bostock, John (1772-1846) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 49 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bostock, John (1772-1846) |
| Brief: | Physician and pioneer chemical pathologist, first to describe hay fever |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Bedford Way |
| Contemp. address: | 22 Upper Bedford Place |
| Resident: | 1822-1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished, family home of Bostock, Elizabeth Anne (1817-1898) |
| Name: | Boswell, James (1740-1795) |
| Brief: | Writer, diarist and lawyer famed for his biography of Samuel Johnson, which many consider the greatest biography written in the English language. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 56 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1786-1788 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boulenger, Edward George (1888-1946) |
| Brief: | Zoologist, writer and director of the London Zoo aquarium |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 St Mark's Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1926-1928 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boulger, Demetrius Charles De Kavanagh (1853-1928) |
| Brief: | Historian and biographer, now remembered for his apologist views on Belgian rule of the Congo |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 80 Boundary Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1902-1909 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boulger, Demetrius Charles De Kavanagh (1853-1928) |
| Brief: | Historian and biographer, now remembered for his apologist views on Belgian rule of the Congo |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Priory Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 15 St George's Road |
| Resident: | 1925-1929 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric (1889-1983) |
| Brief: | Conductor who championed British music |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 78 Marlborough Mansions, Cannon Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1966-1977 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric (1889-1983) |
| Brief: | Conductor who championed British music |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 41 Avenue Close, Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1940-1941 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric (1889-1983) |
| Brief: | Conductor who championed British music |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 68 Compayne Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1983 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boulton, (Thomas) Ernest (1847-1904) |
| Brief: | Transvestite who played Stella in the music hall act Stella and Fanny |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Wakefield Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1868-1870 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Marchmont Association plaque |
| Name: | Boumphrey [née Firth], Pauline (1886-1959) |
| Brief: | Sculptor who specialised in statuettes and small group compositions |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/mapping/public/view/person.php?id=msib6_1203433455 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1927-1930 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boumphrey [née Firth], Pauline (1886-1959) |
| Brief: | Sculptor who specialised in statuettes and small group compositions |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/mapping/public/view/person.php?id=msib6_1203433455 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 The Mall Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1932-1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bourdin, Martial (1867-1894) |
| Brief: | Anarchist who blew himself up in Greenwich, inspiring Joseph Conrad's novel, The Secret Agent |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 30 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1893-1894 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bouvier, Augustus Jules (1827-1881) |
| Brief: | Painter specialising in figure paintings and portraits of elegantly dressed women |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Gairloch House |
| Contemp. address: | Brandon Cottage, 2 Stratford Villas |
| Resident: | 1857 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bouvier, Augustus Jules (1827-1881) |
| Brief: | Painter specialising in figure paintings and portraits of elegantly dressed women |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 55 Howland Street |
| Contemp. address: | 28A Howland Street |
| Resident: | 1852-1856 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bovill, Sir William (1814-1873) |
| Brief: | Judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, MP for Guildford |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1846-1857 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bowen, Esther Gwendolyn [Stella] (1893-1947) |
| Brief: | Painter and writer, biographer of Ford Madox Ford, official war artist in WWII |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26A Belsize Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bowlby, Thomas William (1818-1860) |
| Brief: | Journalist, war correspondent for The Times in Germany and China, died from maltreatment in a Chinese prison |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 115 Eversholt Street |
| Contemp. address: | 109 Upper Seymour Street |
| Resident: | 1839 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bowness, William (1811-1867) |
| Brief: | Portrait and genre painter and poet who wrote in Westmorland dialect |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | 14 Fitzroy Street |
| Resident: | 1845-1855 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bowness, William (1811-1867) |
| Brief: | Portrait and genre painter and poet who wrote in Westmorland dialect |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Fitzroy Street |
| Resident: | 1861-1867 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Box, John Allan Hyatt (1920-2005) |
| Brief: | Film production designer and art director who won 4 Oscars and 3 BAFTAs |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 80 Fordwych Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1920 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boyce [married name Wells], Joanna Mary (1831-1861) |
| Brief: | Painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose work was highly regarded. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Gray's Inn Road |
| Contemp. address: | Gray's Inn Terrace |
| Resident: | 1831 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Boyce [married name Wells], Joanna Mary (1831-1861) |
| Brief: | Painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose work was highly regarded. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 102 Theobalds Road |
| Contemp. address: | 51 Theobalds Road |
| Resident: | 1832-1837 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boyce, George Price (1826-1897) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style, patron and friend of D G Rossetti |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 60 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1852-1856 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boyce, George Price (1826-1897) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style, patron and friend of D G Rossetti |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Gray's Inn Road |
| Contemp. address: | Gray's Inn Terrace |
| Resident: | 1826-1831 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Boyce, George Price (1826-1897) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style, patron and friend of D G Rossetti |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 102 Theobalds Road |
| Contemp. address: | 51 Theobalds Road |
| Resident: | 1832-1837 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield (1920-1999) |
| Brief: | Painter of impressionist renderings of Australian landscape and starkly expressionist figures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Hampstead Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1962-1973 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield (1920-1999) |
| Brief: | Painter of impressionist renderings of Australian landscape and starkly expressionist figures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Flask Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boydell, Josiah (1752-1817) |
| Brief: | Artist, engraver and publisher, lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Loyal Hampstead Volunteers |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | Poplar House |
| Resident: | 1783-1810 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boyne, John (~1750-1810) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter and engraver |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 11 Great Turnstile |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1788 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boyne, John (~1750-1810) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter and engraver |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 34 Old Gloucester Street |
| Contemp. address: | 34 Gloucester Street |
| Resident: | 1791-1799 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-1874) |
| Brief: | Topographical watercolour painter and printmaker |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 129 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 92 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-1874) |
| Brief: | Topographical watercolour painter and printmaker |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 24 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-1874) |
| Brief: | Topographical watercolour painter and printmaker |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hawtrey Road |
| Contemp. address: | 7 King's College Road |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-1874) |
| Brief: | Topographical watercolour painter and printmaker |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 18 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bradbury, William (1800-1869) |
| Brief: | Printer who founded Bradbury & Evans, printers and publishers of Punch as well as novels by Dickens and Thackeray |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_and_Evans |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | ~18 Upper Woburn Place |
| Contemp. address: | 13 Upper Woburn Place |
| Resident: | 1850-1869 |
| Notes: | Family home of Bradbury, William Hardwick (1832-1892) |
| Name: | Bradbury, William Hardwick (1832-1892) |
| Brief: | Publisher, co-owner of Bradbury and Evans, publishers of Punch and of Charles Dickens until 1858 |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Bradbury, William (1800-1869) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 90 Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1868-1872 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915) |
| Brief: | Popular novelist, writer of 'penny dreadful' short stories and best known for 'Lady Audley's Secret' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1867 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Braden, Bernard Chastey (1916-1993) |
| Brief: | Actor and comedian who was a fixture on UK television and radio shows in the 50s and 60s |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Kidderpore Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1983-1993 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Braham, John (1777-1856) |
| Brief: | Tenor singer considered one of the greatest vocalist of his day who became one of Europe's leading opera stars |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1816-1821 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brahms, Caryl [real name Doris Caroline Abrahams] (1901-1982) |
| Brief: | Critic, novelist, song writer and journalist specialising in the theatre and ballet |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Cambridge Gate |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1982 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brailsford, Henry Noel (1873-1958) |
| Brief: | Journalist and author, founding member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Belsize Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1958 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Brailsford, Henry Noel (1873-1958) |
| Brief: | Journalist and author, founding member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Well Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1905-1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brain, Dennis (1921-1957) |
| Brief: | Horn player whose virtuosity inspired Britten and others to write elaborate horn solos for him |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 37 Frognal |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1953-1957 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Braine, John Gerard (1922-1986) |
| Brief: | Novelist, one of the "angry young men", best known for 'Room at the Top' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4A Gayton Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1986 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Braithwaite, Henry Warwick (1896-1971) |
| Brief: | Orchestral conductor, Music Director of the Royal Opera Ballet Company |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 93 Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1932-1933 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Braithwaite, Henry Warwick (1896-1971) |
| Brief: | Orchestral conductor, Music Director of the Royal Opera Ballet Company |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 51 Downshire Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Braithwaite, Henry Warwick (1896-1971) |
| Brief: | Orchestral conductor, Music Director of the Royal Opera Ballet Company |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 67 Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934-1936 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Braithwaite, John, the younger (1797-1870) |
| Brief: | Engineer who invented the first steam fire engine, engineer-in-chief for the Eastern Counties Railway, joint founder of the Railway Times |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | 39 Bedford Square |
| Resident: | 1845-1854 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Braithwaite, John, the younger (1797-1870) |
| Brief: | Engineer who invented the first steam fire engine, engineer-in-chief for the Eastern Counties Railway, joint founder of the Railway Times |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Bath Place, New Road |
| Resident: | 1797 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Braithwaite, Joseph Bevan (1855-1934) |
| Brief: | Stockbroker and Quaker who financed or founded multiple electricity supply companies |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 65 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1855-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brandard, John (1812-1863) |
| Brief: | Lithographic artist who designed many hundred illustrated title-pages for sheet music |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 41 Ampthill Square |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brandard, John (1812-1863) |
| Brief: | Lithographic artist who designed many hundred illustrated title-pages for sheet music |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 131 St Pancras Way |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Brecknock Terrace |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brandard, John (1812-1863) |
| Brief: | Lithographic artist who designed many hundred illustrated title-pages for sheet music |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 104 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Southampton Place |
| Resident: | 1863 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brandon, (John) Raphael (Rodrigues) (1817-1877) |
| Brief: | Architect, mainly of churches, and co-author of three works on Early English ecclesiastical architecture which became pattern books for other C19 architects |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1817 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brandon-Jones, John (1908-1999) |
| Brief: | Architect and historian of the Arts and Crafts movement |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Redington Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1953-1996 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brandt, Hermann Wilhelm [Bill] (1904-1983) |
| Brief: | Photographer and photojournalist, one of the most influential and internationally admired photographers of the C20 |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 58 Hillfield Court, Belsize Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1938-1971 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brasher, Christopher William [Chris] (1928-2003) |
| Brief: | Athlete, journalist and businessman, co-founder of the London Marathon, pacemaker for Roger Bannister when he ran the 4 minute mile |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 93 Hillway |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950-1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bray, William (1736-1832) |
| Brief: | Solicitor and antiquary |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 57 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1808-1832 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bray, William (1736-1832) |
| Brief: | Solicitor and antiquary |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 61 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1799-1802 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brayley, Edward Wedlake (1773-1854) |
| Brief: | Topographer and archaeologist, joint editor of the first 6 volumes of 'The Beauties of England and Wales' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 55 Coram Street |
| Contemp. address: | 55 Great Coram Street |
| Resident: | 1838-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Breakspeare, William Arthur (1856-1914) |
| Brief: | Painter, member of the RBSA and the Birmingham Art Circle |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | CHR 42 25-31 (2018) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 The Mall Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1914 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brenan, Edward FitzGerald [Gerald] (1894-1987) |
| Brief: | Writer who spent much of his life in Spain, best known for 'The Spanish Labyrinth', concerning the Spanish Civil War |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Millman Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brenan, Edward FitzGerald [Gerald] (1894-1987) |
| Brief: | Writer who spent much of his life in Spain, best known for 'The Spanish Labyrinth', concerning the Spanish Civil War |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1927 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brenan, Edward FitzGerald [Gerald] (1894-1987) |
| Brief: | Writer who spent much of his life in Spain, best known for 'The Spanish Labyrinth', concerning the Spanish Civil War |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1927-1929 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brendel, Alfred (1931-2025) |
| Brief: | Pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer noted for his noted for his performances of music by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | North Villa, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1975-1977 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brendel, Alfred (1931-2025) |
| Brief: | Pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer noted for his noted for his performances of music by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 11 Well Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1978 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brendel, Alfred (1931-2025) |
| Brief: | Pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer noted for his noted for his performances of music by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 13 Well Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2009-2019 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brereton, Robert Pearson (1818-1894) |
| Brief: | Railway engineer who assisted Brunel and completed several of his projects |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Priory Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brett, Dorothy Eugenie (1883-1977) |
| Brief: | Painter associated with the Bloomsbury Group before moving to moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1924 at the invitation of D.H. Lawrence |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1916 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brett, Dorothy Eugenie (1883-1977) |
| Brief: | Painter associated with the Bloomsbury Group before moving to moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1924 at the invitation of D.H. Lawrence |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Thurlow Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brett, Dorothy Eugenie (1883-1977) |
| Brief: | Painter associated with the Bloomsbury Group before moving to moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1924 at the invitation of D.H. Lawrence |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Pond Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922-1924 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Breuer, Marcel Lajos (1902-1981) |
| Brief: | Architect and furniture designer, one of the world's most popular modernist architects |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 16, Isokon, Lawn Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1937 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Brewer, Cecil Claude (1871-1918) |
| Brief: | Architect who co-designed the Passmore Edwards Settlement (later Mary Ward House) and Heal's shop on Tottenham Court Road |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Endsleigh Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1887 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brewer, Cecil Claude (1871-1918) |
| Brief: | Architect who co-designed the Passmore Edwards Settlement (later Mary Ward House) and Heal's shop on Tottenham Court Road |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1908-1914 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brewer, Cecil Claude (1871-1918) |
| Brief: | Architect who co-designed the Passmore Edwards Settlement (later Mary Ward House) and Heal's shop on Tottenham Court Road |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1914-1916 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1810-1897) |
| Brief: | Lexicographer and author of 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Bernard Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brewtnall, Edward Frederick (1846-1902) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter of pictures which were romantic or fanciful in character |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 The Mall Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1873-1886 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brickett, Walter Septimus (1865-1933) |
| Brief: | Trainer to the 1908 & 1912 British Olympic teams, official trainer of the St Pancras swimming club, about ten thousand women had attended his swimming lessons |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/swimming/the-valuable-and-unremitting-services-of-swimming-coach-walter-brickett/ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 177 Arlington Road |
| Contemp. address: | 121 Grove Street |
| Resident: | 1865-1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brickett, Walter Septimus (1865-1933) |
| Brief: | Trainer to the 1908 & 1912 British Olympic teams, official trainer of the St Pancras swimming club, about ten thousand women had attended his swimming lessons |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/swimming/the-valuable-and-unremitting-services-of-swimming-coach-walter-brickett/ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 38 Cumberland Market |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brickett, Walter Septimus (1865-1933) |
| Brief: | Trainer to the 1908 & 1912 British Olympic teams, official trainer of the St Pancras swimming club, about ten thousand women had attended his swimming lessons |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/swimming/the-valuable-and-unremitting-services-of-swimming-coach-walter-brickett/ |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 101 Gaisford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901-1921 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bridge [Bridges], Richard (1688-1758) |
| Brief: | A leading English organ-builder, his instruments include St Bartholomew the Great and Christ Church, Spitalfields |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hand Court |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1748 |
| Notes: | Demolished, location uncertain |
| Name: | Bridges, John (~1666-1724) |
| Brief: | Lawyer, antiquarian and topographer who wrote, but never published, the first history of Northamptonshire |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 New Square, Lincoln's Inn |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1716-1724 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844-1930) |
| Brief: | Physician and poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930 |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1877-1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844-1930) |
| Brief: | Physician and poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930 |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | 35 Great Ormond Street |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bridgman, Henry Hewitt (1845-1898) |
| Brief: | Architect who designed the Camden Town Turkish Baths and the St. Pancras Workhouse Extension, now the St. Pancras Hospital |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.archiseek.com/tag/h-h-bridgeman/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 125 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bridgman, Henry Hewitt (1845-1898) |
| Brief: | Architect who designed the Camden Town Turkish Baths and the St. Pancras Workhouse Extension, now the St. Pancras Hospital |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.archiseek.com/tag/h-h-bridgeman/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 1 Camden Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1898 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brierly, Sir Oswald Walters (1817-1894) |
| Brief: | Marine painter, war artist and naval engineer with some 150 works in the Royal Collection |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Lidlington Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1859-1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brierly, Sir Oswald Walters (1817-1894) |
| Brief: | Marine painter, war artist and naval engineer with some 150 works in the Royal Collection |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Barnby Street |
| Contemp. address: | 38 Ampthill Square |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brighouse, Harold (1882-1958) |
| Brief: | Playwright and author whose best known play is 'Hobson's Choice' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 67 Parliament Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1919-1958 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bright [née Dunne], Mary Chavelita (1859-1945) |
| Brief: | Writer of short stories, novels, plays and translations under her pen name of George Egerton |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 44 Ridgmount Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1936-1941 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bright, Richard (1789-1858) |
| Brief: | Physician, first described Bright's disease of the kidney |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1820-1831 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brimelow, Thomas, Baron Brimelow (1915-1995) |
| Brief: | Ambassador to Poland, Permanent Under-Secretary at the British Foreign Office, Member of the European Parliament |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 West Hill Court, Millfield Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1995 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brinsmead, John (1814-1908) |
| Brief: | Piano manufacturer awarded the French Légion d'honneur |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.piano-tuners.org/history/brinsmead.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 15 Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1841-1863 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brinsmead, John (1814-1908) |
| Brief: | Piano manufacturer awarded the French Légion d'honneur |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.piano-tuners.org/history/brinsmead.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Prince Albert Road |
| Contemp. address: | 16 Albert Road |
| Resident: | 1881-1908 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brinsmead, John (1814-1908) |
| Brief: | Piano manufacturer awarded the French Légion d'honneur |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.piano-tuners.org/history/brinsmead.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Windmill Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brittain, Vera Mary (1893-1970) |
| Brief: | Writer (Testament of Youth) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 58 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1923 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Brittain, Vera Mary (1893-1970) |
| Brief: | Writer (Testament of Youth) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Britten, (Edward) Benjamin, Baron Britten (1913-1976) |
| Brief: | Composer, conductor and pianist, a central figure of C20 British music |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 38 Upper Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Britten, (Edward) Benjamin, Baron Britten (1913-1976) |
| Brief: | Composer, conductor and pianist, a central figure of C20 British music |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 319 West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Carlton House, West End Lane |
| Resident: | 1935-1936 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Britten, (Edward) Benjamin, Baron Britten (1913-1976) |
| Brief: | Composer, conductor and pianist, a central figure of C20 British music |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 559 Finchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1936-1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Britton, John (1771-1857) |
| Brief: | Antiquary, topographer, author and editor. Author of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols) and Cathedral Antiquities of England (14 vols) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Leonard Court |
| Contemp. address: | 17 Burton Street |
| Resident: | 1820-1857 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Britton, John (1771-1857) |
| Brief: | Antiquary, topographer, author and editor. Author of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols) and Cathedral Antiquities of England (14 vols) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Tavistock Place |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Tavistock Place |
| Resident: | 1811-1820 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brock, Sir Thomas (1847-1922) |
| Brief: | Sculptor and medallist, whose most famous work is the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brock, Sir Thomas (1847-1922) |
| Brief: | Sculptor and medallist, whose most famous work is the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Osnaburgh Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1877-1922 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brockedon, William (1787-1854) |
| Brief: | Painter, writer and inventor. His proposed altarpiece for Exeter Cathedral 34 feet in length by 20 in height was never realised |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Adeline Place |
| Contemp. address: | 11 Caroline Street |
| Resident: | 1823-1829 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brockedon, William (1787-1854) |
| Brief: | Painter, writer and inventor. His proposed altarpiece for Exeter Cathedral 34 feet in length by 20 in height was never realised |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Boswell Street |
| Contemp. address: | 29 Devonshire Street |
| Resident: | 1830-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Broderip, Francis Fane (~1750-1807) |
| Brief: | Music publisher (Longman and Broderip boasted an extensive catalogue of works by English and foreign composers, including the 'London' symphonies of Haydn) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | The Music Trade in Georgian England, Michael Kassler (Ed.), 2017 |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 50 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Upper Fitzroy Street |
| Resident: | 1807 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Broderip, William John (1789-1859) |
| Brief: | Lawyer and naturalist who amassed a large collection of shells that were bought by the British Museum. He aided in the formation of the Zoological Society and was one of the original fellows |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1832-1859 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins, first baronet (1783-1862) |
| Brief: | Physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease, sergeant-surgeon to William IV and Queen Victoria, dedicatee of Gray's Anatomy |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Foley House, 11 East Heath Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1828-1837 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brodrick, Mary (1858-1933) |
| Brief: | Archaeologist and Egyptologist who was one of the first female excavators in Egypt |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9-11 Chenies Street |
| Contemp. address: | Chenies Street Chambers |
| Resident: | 1899-1904 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brodum, William [born Issachar Cohen] (?-1824) |
| Brief: | Quack doctor who published a 'Guide to Old Age, or, A Cure for the Indiscretions of Youth' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 21 Coram Street |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Great Coram Street |
| Resident: | 1814-1824 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brome, (Herbert) Vincent (1910-2004) |
| Brief: | Writer, best known for biographies of politicians, writers and followers of Sigmund Freud |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1950-2004 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bromley, Sir Richard Madox (1813-1865) |
| Brief: | Accountant and civil servant, frequently called on to chair special commissions of inquiry |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1850-1852 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bron, Gerald Lincoln [Gerry] (1933-2012) |
| Brief: | Record producer and band manager who founded Bronze Records and Roundhouse Recording Studios |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Priory Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1995-2012 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bronowski, Jacob (1908-1974) |
| Brief: | Mathematician, poet and philosopher, presenter and writer of the BBC programme 'The Ascent of Man' |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 The Hexagon, Fitzroy Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1961-1964 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brook, Clifford Hardman [Clive] (1887-1974) |
| Brief: | Film actor whose career began in the silent era and continued with starring roles in the 30s and 40s |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Squire's Mount |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1945-1946 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brooke, (Leonard) Leslie (1862-1940) |
| Brief: | Artist and writer best known as a book illustrator. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Hollycroft Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1933-1940 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brooke, Charles (1804-1879) |
| Brief: | Surgeon and inventor of instruments that recorded measurements over time photographically |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Keppel Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1819-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished ~1930 for Senate House development |
| Name: | Brooke, Charles (1804-1879) |
| Brief: | Surgeon and inventor of instruments that recorded measurements over time photographically |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1879 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brooke, Henry (1903-1984) |
| Brief: | Conservative Party politician who served as Hampstead councillor, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Paymaster-General and Home Secretary |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Redington Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1947-1960 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brooke, Henry (1903-1984) |
| Brief: | Conservative Party politician who served as Hampstead councillor, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Paymaster-General and Home Secretary |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 61 Redington Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brooke, Rupert Chawner (1887-1915) |
| Brief: | Poet known for his sonnets written during the First World War |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 76 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brooke-Popham, Sir (Henry) Robert Moore (1878-1953) |
| Brief: | Air force officer, rose to Air Chief Marshal, Governor of Kenya, commander-in-chief Far East in 1940 |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Chester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1930-1935 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brooks, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874) |
| Brief: | Journalist and novelist, editor of Punch, a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a founder member of the Cremation Society of Great Britain |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1816 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Broom, Herbert (1815-1882) |
| Brief: | Author of Legal Maxims and other text books on law |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Ambassadors Hotel, Upper Woburn Place |
| Contemp. address: | 12A Upper Woburn Place |
| Resident: | 1854-1856 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brown, Alexander [Sandy] (1929-1975) |
| Brief: | Jazz clarinetist, band leader and acoustic engineer. Sandy Brown Associates were leading designers of commercial sound recording studios |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 97 Canfield Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1959-1964 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Alexander [Sandy] (1929-1975) |
| Brief: | Jazz clarinetist, band leader and acoustic engineer. Sandy Brown Associates were leading designers of commercial sound recording studios |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 103A Greencroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1955-1958 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Alexander [Sandy] (1929-1975) |
| Brief: | Jazz clarinetist, band leader and acoustic engineer. Sandy Brown Associates were leading designers of commercial sound recording studios |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 122 Greencroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1965-1975 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Errol Ainsworth Glenstor (1943-2015) |
| Brief: | Singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of 'Hot Chocolate' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 84 Hillfield Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1965-1974 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) |
| Brief: | Painter and designer ('Work' depicts workmen digging up The Mount in Hampstead observed by Thomas Carlyle and Frederick Maurice) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 56 Fortess Road |
| Contemp. address: | 13 Fortess Terrace |
| Resident: | 1855-1862 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) |
| Brief: | Painter and designer ('Work' depicts workmen digging up The Mount in Hampstead observed by Thomas Carlyle and Frederick Maurice) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Grove Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1862-1865 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) |
| Brief: | Painter and designer ('Work' depicts workmen digging up The Mount in Hampstead observed by Thomas Carlyle and Frederick Maurice) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) |
| Brief: | Painter and designer ('Work' depicts workmen digging up The Mount in Hampstead observed by Thomas Carlyle and Frederick Maurice) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Hampstead High Street |
| Contemp. address: | 33 High Street |
| Resident: | 1852-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) |
| Brief: | Painter and designer ('Work' depicts workmen digging up The Mount in Hampstead observed by Thomas Carlyle and Frederick Maurice) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 The Mount |
| Contemp. address: | Holly Cottage |
| Resident: | 1883 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Isaac Baker (1811-1873) |
| Brief: | Gynaecologist and surgeon who advocated clitoridectomies as a cure for epilepsy and hysteria, and whose career ended in disgrace |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 88 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1873 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brown, Isaac Baker (1811-1873) |
| Brief: | Gynaecologist and surgeon who advocated clitoridectomies as a cure for epilepsy and hysteria, and whose career ended in disgrace |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Haverstock Grove |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Brown, Isaac Baker (1811-1873) |
| Brief: | Gynaecologist and surgeon who advocated clitoridectomies as a cure for epilepsy and hysteria, and whose career ended in disgrace |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Osnaburgh Street |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Osnaburgh Place |
| Resident: | 1870 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brown, Ivor John Carnegie (1891-1974) |
| Brief: | Theatre critic and writer, possibly the most influential and insightful drama critic of the 1930s, editor of The Observer |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1930 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Brown, Ivor John Carnegie (1891-1974) |
| Brief: | Theatre critic and writer, possibly the most influential and insightful drama critic of the 1930s, editor of The Observer |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Christchurch Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Birchbank, Christchurch Road |
| Resident: | 1936-1974 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Neave Sinclair (1929-2018) |
| Brief: | Architect who won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for the Alexandra Road Estate in Camden |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Winscombe Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1968-2007 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Neave Sinclair (1929-2018) |
| Brief: | Architect who won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for the Alexandra Road Estate in Camden |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Dunboyne Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2008-2018 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, Pamela Mary (1917-1975) |
| Brief: | Actress on stage and film who was very highly regarded in her lifetime |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Howitt Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1917 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brown, William (1748-1825) |
| Brief: | Gem-engraver, some 200 gems are in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 88 Whitfield Street |
| Contemp. address: | 45 Upper John Street |
| Resident: | 1825 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Browne, (Elliott) Martin (1900-1980) |
| Brief: | Theatre director, known for his collaboration with T. S. Eliot, he was the first producer of 'Murder in the Cathedral' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Lancaster Grove |
| Contemp. address: | 20 Lancaster Grove |
| Resident: | 1952-1980 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932) |
| Brief: | Prolific illustrator of children's books and many magazines including Punch and Strand Magazine |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 80 Finchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901-1905 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932) |
| Brief: | Prolific illustrator of children's books and many magazines including Punch and Strand Magazine |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 96 Fellows Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1887-1890 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1706-1760) |
| Brief: | Politician and poet, best remembered for the set of parodies 'A Pipe of Tobacco' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1753-1758 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Browne, Sir Thomas Henry (1787-1855) |
| Brief: | Army officer who fought in every significant battle in Spain and France from Salamanca in 1812 to Toulouse in 1814 |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 142 Camden Street |
| Contemp. address: | 19 Camden Terrace |
| Resident: | 1855 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Browne, Sir William (1692-1774) |
| Brief: | Physician, FRS, President of the College of Physicians, |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1750-1772 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brownell, Sonia Mary [known as Sonia Orwell] (1918-1980) |
| Brief: | Literary editor and writer, fiercely protective literary executor for George Orwell |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1944-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Browning, Oscar (1837-1923) |
| Brief: | Educationalist with an outrageous personality, author of popular histories and other books, including a biography of his friend, George Eliot. |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Cumberland Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Cumberland Terrace |
| Resident: | 1837 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Browse, Lillian Gertrude (1906-2005) |
| Brief: | Art dealer and art historian who left the bulk of her art collection to the Courtauld Gallery |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 89-91 West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Carlton Mansions, West End Lane |
| Resident: | 1906 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bruce, (William) Nigel Ernle (1895-1953) |
| Brief: | Character actor on stage and screen, remembered for his Dr Watson alongside Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 25 Willow Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1929-1933 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bruce, John Simon Asher (Jack) (1943-2014) |
| Brief: | Musician, singer, songwriter and composer, member of Cream, considered one of the most important and influential bassists of all time |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Alexandra Mansions, West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bruce, John Simon Asher (Jack) (1943-2014) |
| Brief: | Musician, singer, songwriter and composer, member of Cream, considered one of the most important and influential bassists of all time |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 25 Bracknell Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1964-1968 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt behind retained facade |
| Name: | Bruce, Sir George Barclay (1821-1908) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who worked on railways in Britain, Europe, Asia and South America, served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 64 Boundary Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1872-1908 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bryant [née Willock], Sophie (1850-1922) |
| Brief: | Mathematician, philosopher, Irish patriot, suffragist and educationist, headmistress of North London Collegiate School, the first woman to receive a DSc in England, climbed the Matterhorn (twice). |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Gayton Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1894-1902 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bryant [née Willock], Sophie (1850-1922) |
| Brief: | Mathematician, philosopher, Irish patriot, suffragist and educationist, headmistress of North London Collegiate School, the first woman to receive a DSc in England, climbed the Matterhorn (twice). |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Eldon Grove |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Eldon Road |
| Resident: | 1903-1922 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bryant [née Willock], Sophie (1850-1922) |
| Brief: | Mathematician, philosopher, Irish patriot, suffragist and educationist, headmistress of North London Collegiate School, the first woman to receive a DSc in England, climbed the Matterhorn (twice). |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 25 Lady Margaret Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bryant, William Andrewes (Andrew) (1799-1878) |
| Brief: | Surveyor and map maker of "elegant and finely drawn maps" |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1822-1834 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brydon, John McKean (1840-1901) |
| Brief: | Architect who specialised in public buildings, particularly hospitals |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Steele's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1895-1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Brydon, John McKean (1840-1901) |
| Brief: | Architect who specialised in public buildings, particularly hospitals |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Chester Gate |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Cambridge Place |
| Resident: | 1883-1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bubb, James George (1781-1853) |
| Brief: | Sculptor in marble and artificial stone (40 figures for Cumberland Terrace in Regent's Park, William Pitt the Younger monument in the Guildhall) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Grafton Way |
| Contemp. address: | 22 Tenby Street |
| Resident: | 1809-1820 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buchan, William (1729-1805) |
| Brief: | Physician and author (Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines) |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 6 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1804-1805 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Buck, Samuel (1696-1779) |
| Brief: | Topographical draughtsman, engraver and print publisher, best known for 'Buck's Antiquities' |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Brownlow Street |
| Contemp. address: | White Swan, Brownlow Street |
| Resident: | ~1720 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Buckeridge, Anthony Malcolm (1912-2004) |
| Brief: | Schoolmaster and author of the 'Jennings' and 'Rex Milligan' humorous novels |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Holly Village |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1913-1922 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Buckingham, James Silk (1786-1855) |
| Brief: | Author, journalist and traveller who campaigned against the East India Company and promoted colonial self-government for India |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 103 Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | Stanhope Lodge, Upper Avenue Road |
| Resident: | 1851-1855 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buckland, Francis Trevelyan (1826-1880) |
| Brief: | Surgeon and naturalist, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, kept a small menagerie in his house, highly unusual diet. |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol21/pt3/pp145-149 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 156 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1865-1880 |
| Notes: | Memorial plaque nearby, in the garden of the Royal College of physicians |
| Name: | Buckle, George Earle (1854-1935) |
| Brief: | Editor of The Times, biographer of Disraeli, editor of Queen Victoria's letters |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 61 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buckle, George Earle (1854-1935) |
| Brief: | Editor of The Times, biographer of Disraeli, editor of Queen Victoria's letters |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Grenville Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buckle, George Earle (1854-1935) |
| Brief: | Editor of The Times, biographer of Disraeli, editor of Queen Victoria's letters |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | 16 Queen Square |
| Resident: | 1890 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821-1862) |
| Brief: | Historian and chess player, sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History", his 'History of Civilization in England' was unfinished |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1821-1838 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bucknell, Robert Barraby [Barry] (1912-2003) |
| Brief: | Television presenter and boat designer who popularised Do It Yourself, St Pancras councillor |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 61 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1912-1939 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bucknell, Robert Barraby [Barry] (1912-2003) |
| Brief: | Television presenter and boat designer who popularised Do It Yourself, St Pancras councillor |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Eton Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1947-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (1857-1934) |
| Brief: | Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist, author of over 100 monographs, keeper at the British Museum |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Argyle Street |
| Contemp. address: | 26 Argyle Street |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (1857-1934) |
| Brief: | Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist, author of over 100 monographs, keeper at the British Museum |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Bloomsbury Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1924-1934 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Budgen, Frank Spencer Curtis (1882-1971) |
| Brief: | Painter, writer and socialist activist |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Belsize Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1938-1971 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bufton [married name Swanborough], Eleanor (1842-1893) |
| Brief: | Actress who played in Shakespeare, Victorian burlesque, and a range of drama and comedy roles |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Adeline Place |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Caroline Street |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bullen, George (1818-1894) |
| Brief: | Librarian and Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Euston Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1853-1858 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bullen, George (1818-1894) |
| Brief: | Librarian and Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Bartholomew Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bullen, George (1818-1894) |
| Brief: | Librarian and Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | British Museum, Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Buller, Sir Francis, first baronet (1746-1800) |
| Brief: | Judge who may or may not have said "a husband could thrash his wife with impunity provided that he used a stick no bigger than his thumb" |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | 42 Bedford Square |
| Resident: | 1798-1800 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bumpus [née Collison], Judith Harriet (1939-2010) |
| Brief: | Radio producer ('Third Ear', 'Dialogues on Art') and art historian |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Rudall Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1962-2010 (not continuous) |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bundy, Stephen Edgar (1862-1922) |
| Brief: | Painter of genre and history scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Warren Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bundy, Stephen Edgar (1862-1922) |
| Brief: | Painter of genre and history scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 College Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1890-1892 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bundy, Stephen Edgar (1862-1922) |
| Brief: | Painter of genre and history scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1896-1904 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bundy, Stephen Edgar (1862-1922) |
| Brief: | Painter of genre and history scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 193 Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bundy, Stephen Edgar (1862-1922) |
| Brief: | Painter of genre and history scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Park Road Studios |
| Resident: | 1892-1895 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860) |
| Brief: | Leased and managed several theatres including both Drury Lane and Covent Garden |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1846-1848 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bunney, John Wharlton (1828-1882) |
| Brief: | Painter (Ruskin commissioned Bunney to paint a picture that included the entire western facade of St. Mark's Basilica; Bunney worked on this project for six years) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 102 Pratt St |
| Contemp. address: | 42 Pratt St |
| Resident: | 1856-1857 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bunney, Michael Frank Wharlton (1873-1927) |
| Brief: | Architect closely associated with Hampstead Garden Suburb |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bolton House, Windmill Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901-1910 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bunning, James Bunstone (1802-1863) |
| Brief: | Architect to the City of London, best remembered for his design for the Coal Exchange |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Gloucester Gate |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Gloucester Terrace |
| Resident: | 1861-1863 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bunning, James Bunstone (1802-1863) |
| Brief: | Architect to the City of London, best remembered for his design for the Coal Exchange |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1830-32, 1837-1859 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bunting, Basil Cheesman (1900-1985) |
| Brief: | Poet remembered for Briggflatts, "one of the major achievements of the modernist tradition in English" |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 South Hill Mansions, South Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bunting, Sidney Percival (1873-1936) |
| Brief: | South African politician, a founding member of the Communist Party of South Africa and later a co-founder of the International Socialist League |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Oakley Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1873 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bunting, Sidney Percival (1873-1936) |
| Brief: | South African politician, a founding member of the Communist Party of South Africa and later a co-founder of the International Socialist League |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bunting, Sir Percy William (1836-1911) |
| Brief: | Social reformer, journalist and editor of The Contemporary Review and the Methodist Times |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 43 Euston Square |
| Resident: | 1876-1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Bura, Barnett [Bob] (1924-2018) |
| Brief: | Puppeteer and animator (Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Howland Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1924 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burch, Edward (~1730-1814) |
| Brief: | Gem-engraver 'Scarcely a potentate in Europe but possesses one of his beautiful performances' |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Royal College Street |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Paynes Place |
| Resident: | 1796-1808 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Burder, George (1752-1832) |
| Brief: | Nonconformist minister who compiled 3 collections of popular sermons and a Congregational hymnbook, which went through 28 editions in 45 years |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Brunswick Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1828-1832 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burder, Thomas Harrison (1789-1843) |
| Brief: | Physician and contributor to the 'Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Brunswick Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1828-1834 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burdett, Sir Henry Charles (1847-1920) |
| Brief: | Financier, philanthropist and hospital reformer. 'Burdett's Hospitals and Charities' appeared annually from 1889, continuing as the 'Health Services Year Book' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 39 Gloucester Road |
| Resident: | 1881-1884 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina (1814-1906) |
| Brief: | Philanthropist, one of the wealthiest women in England who supported a multitude of good causes |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Holly Lodge |
| Resident: | 1849-1906 (summers) |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burford, Robert (1791-1861) |
| Brief: | Painter of panoramas, manager of the Leicester Square and Strand panoramas |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 38 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | 19 Bayham Terrace |
| Resident: | 1833-1850 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burford, Robert (1791-1861) |
| Brief: | Painter of panoramas, manager of the Leicester Square and Strand panoramas |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 187 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | 35 Camden Road Villas |
| Resident: | 1851-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burgess, John Bagnold (1829-1897) |
| Brief: | Artist known for his paintings of historical and genre scenes, principally in Spain, co-founder of the St John's Wood Art Club |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Regent's Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | 20 Queen's Road |
| Resident: | 1864-1867 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burgon, John William (1813-1888) |
| Brief: | Dean of Chichester Cathedral, remembered chiefly for his defense of the traditional text of the New Testament. |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Brunswick Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1814-1842 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burgon, Thomas (1787-1858) |
| Brief: | Archaeologist and numismatist who sold his collection of Greek antiquities to the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgon_vase |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Brunswick Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1814-1842 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burgon, Thomas (1787-1858) |
| Brief: | Archaeologist and numismatist who sold his collection of Greek antiquities to the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgon_vase |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Osnaburgh Street |
| Contemp. address: | 34 Osnaburgh Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burgon, Thomas (1787-1858) |
| Brief: | Archaeologist and numismatist who sold his collection of Greek antiquities to the British Museum |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgon_vase |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Cartwright Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Burton Crescent |
| Resident: | 1852-1858 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burke, John (1786-1848) |
| Brief: | Author and genealogist, the original publisher of Burke's Peerage |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 50 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 25 Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1846-1847 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burke, Thomas (1886-1945) |
| Brief: | Novelist who considered himself a true Londoner and the large majority of his writings are on the subject of everyday life in London, e.g. 'Limehouse Nights' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1932 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burlison, John (1843-1891) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Burlison and Grylls was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/burlison/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 149 St Pancras Way |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Brecknock Crescent |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Much altered |
| Name: | Burlison, John (1843-1891) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Burlison and Grylls was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/burlison/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Rochester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burlison, John (1843-1891) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Burlison and Grylls was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/burlison/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Willes Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burlison, John (1843-1891) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Burlison and Grylls was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/burlison/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Oseney Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burlison, John (1843-1891) |
| Brief: | Stained glass artist (Burlison and Grylls was an important stained glass workshop) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/burlison/index.html |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 150 Highgate Road |
| Contemp. address: | Grove End House, Highgate Road |
| Resident: | 1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley (1833-1898) |
| Brief: | Painter and stained glass artist, Pre-Raphaelite member of William Morris circle |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1856-1859 |
| Notes: | LCC plaque |
| Name: | Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley (1833-1898) |
| Brief: | Painter and stained glass artist, Pre-Raphaelite member of William Morris circle |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | 24 Russell Place |
| Resident: | 1860-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley (1833-1898) |
| Brief: | Painter and stained glass artist, Pre-Raphaelite member of William Morris circle |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 62 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1865 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley (1833-1898) |
| Brief: | Painter and stained glass artist, Pre-Raphaelite member of William Morris circle |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Gordon Street |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Upper Gordon Street |
| Resident: | 1856 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715) |
| Brief: | Philosopher, historian and Bishop of Salisbury, fluent in six languages and highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and a historian |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1675-1681 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715) |
| Brief: | Philosopher, historian and Bishop of Salisbury, fluent in six languages and highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and a historian |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Greville Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1682 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Burnet, Sir John James (1857-1938) |
| Brief: | Influential architect whose buildings include the northern extension of the British Museum, Selfridges Department Store and Sydney Harbour Bridge |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Montague Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1912-1938 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burnet, Sir Thomas (1694-1753) |
| Brief: | Judge and writer, notorious in his youth for debauchery and wit, Serjeant-at-Law and King's Serjeant |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1746-1753 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Burney, Charles (1726-1814) |
| Brief: | Music historian, composer and musician. Author of 'History of Music' in 4 volumes |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 39 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1772-1774 |
| Notes: | Demolished, family home of Burney, Frances [Fanny, Madame d'Arblay] (1752-1840) |
| Name: | Burney, Frances [Fanny, Madame d'Arblay] (1752-1840) |
| Brief: | Satirical novelist (Evelina), diarist and playwright, Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Burney, Charles (1726-1814) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Ridgmount Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 23 Chenies Street |
| Resident: | 1812-1813 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burrough, Sir James (1749-1837) |
| Brief: | Judge noted for his unpretentious manner and common sense judgements |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1824-1837 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burrough, Sir James (1749-1837) |
| Brief: | Judge noted for his unpretentious manner and common sense judgements |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Bedford Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1812-1823 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burroughs, (Silas) Mainville (1846-1895) |
| Brief: | Pharmaceutical businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Burroughs Wellcome |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Torrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1878-1880 (not continuous) |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burrow, Edward John (1785-1861) |
| Brief: | Miscellaneous writer, minister of the chapel of ease at Hampstead, Archdeacon of Gibraltar |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 70 Euston Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1817-1823 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burrows, George Man (1771-1846) |
| Brief: | Physician, lobbied for the licensing of apothecaries, specialised in mental illness and established two asylums |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1801-1813 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burrows, George Man (1771-1846) |
| Brief: | Physician, lobbied for the licensing of apothecaries, specialised in mental illness and established two asylums |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 101 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 46 Upper Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1839-1846 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burrows, Sir George, first baronet (1801-1887) |
| Brief: | Physician, president of the Royal College of Physicians, British Medical Association, and Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, Physician to Queen Victoria |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1801-1813 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burton [Haliburton], James (1761-1837) |
| Brief: | Highly successful property developer who built large parts of Bloomsbury and many of the villas and terraces of Regent's Park |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Burton Place |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Crescent Place |
| Resident: | 1788-1818 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burton [Haliburton], James (1761-1837) |
| Brief: | Highly successful property developer who built large parts of Bloomsbury and many of the villas and terraces of Regent's Park |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8? Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | North House, Southampton Terrace |
| Resident: | 1800 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Burton [Haliburton], James (1761-1837) |
| Brief: | Highly successful property developer who built large parts of Bloomsbury and many of the villas and terraces of Regent's Park |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 92 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Upper Guilford Street |
| Resident: | 1794-1796 |
| Notes: | Marchmont Assoc. plaque |
| Name: | Burton, Decimus (1800-1881) |
| Brief: | One of the foremost architects in the Roman revival, Greek revival, Georgian neoclassical and Regency styles. Designed many prominent buildings in Westminster (e.g. The Athenaeum) and Camden (e.g. villas and terraces in Regent's Park) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Burton Place |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Crescent Place |
| Resident: | 1800-1818 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burton, Richard (1925-1984) |
| Brief: | Actor, initially on the stage, later in film, his marriage to actress Elizabeth Taylor was often in the news |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Lyndhurst Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1956 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Burton, Richard (1925-1984) |
| Brief: | Actor, initially on the stage, later in film, his marriage to actress Elizabeth Taylor was often in the news |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Squire's Mount |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1972 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burton, Richard St John Vladimir (1933-2017) |
| Brief: | Architect, partner in Ahrends, Burton and Koralek who desgned the 'carbuncle' extension to the National Gallery |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABK_Architects |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1B Lady Margaret Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1988-2017 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Burtt, Joseph (1818-1876) |
| Brief: | Archivist and archaeologist, Assistant Keeper of the Public Records, secretary of the Royal Archaeological Institute |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Melton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buss, Frances Mary (1827-1894) |
| Brief: | Educator, founder and head of North London Collegiate School for Girls |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | Frances Mary Buss and her work for education, Annie E. Ridley (1895) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 89 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1866-1894 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buss, Frances Mary (1827-1894) |
| Brief: | Educator, founder and head of North London Collegiate School for Girls |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | Frances Mary Buss and her work for education, Annie E. Ridley (1895) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Camden Street |
| Contemp. address: | 46 Camden Street |
| Resident: | 1850-1866 |
| Notes: | Demolished, also 45 Camden Street after 1853 |
| Name: | Buss, Robert William (1804-1875) |
| Brief: | Painter and etcher, fifteen of his theatrical portraits were exhibited at the Colosseum in Regent's Park |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Camden Street |
| Contemp. address: | 46 Camden Street |
| Resident: | 1850-1875 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buss, Robert William (1804-1875) |
| Brief: | Painter and etcher, fifteen of his theatrical portraits were exhibited at the Colosseum in Regent's Park |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 68 Warren Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1831-1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Buss, Robert William (1804-1875) |
| Brief: | Painter and etcher, fifteen of his theatrical portraits were exhibited at the Colosseum in Regent's Park |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Clarence Way |
| Contemp. address: | 14 Clarence Road |
| Resident: | 1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Bussy [née Strachey], Dorothea [Dorothy] (1865-1960) |
| Brief: | Novelist, under the pen name Olivia, and translator of the works of André Gide |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 51 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1953-1960 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Butcher, Samuel Henry (1850-1910) |
| Brief: | Classical scholar and politician, MP for Cambridge University, President of the British Academy |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1904-1910 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Butler, Charles (1750-1832) |
| Brief: | Roman Catholic layman and lawyer, the first Catholic to be called to the bar since 1688 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 44 Great Ormond Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1812-1832 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Butler, Joseph (1692-1752) |
| Brief: | Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist and philosopher; "one of the pre-eminent English moralists." |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Rosslyn Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Vane House |
| Resident: | 1749-1752 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Butt, Dame Clara Ellen (1872-1936) |
| Brief: | Singer with an exceptionally fine contralto voice and an agile singing technique |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Harley Road |
| Contemp. address: | Compton Lodge |
| Resident: | 1901-1929 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Butterfield, William (1814-1900) |
| Brief: | Gothic Revival architect associated with the Oxford Movement (All Saints, Margaret Street) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 42 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1886-1900 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Butterfield, William (1814-1900) |
| Brief: | Gothic Revival architect associated with the Oxford Movement (All Saints, Margaret Street) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1848-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Butterworth, Joseph (1770-1826) |
| Brief: | Publisher, bookseller and politician, supporter of many philanthropic and Christian institutions |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1814-1826 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Butterworth, Sir Alexander Kaye (1854-1946) |
| Brief: | General Manager of the North Eastern Railway, chairman of the Railway Executive during WWI |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Frognal Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1918-1946 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Butts, Thomas (1757-1845) |
| Brief: | Civil servant and patron to William Blake |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 41 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | 17 Grafton Street |
| Resident: | 1808-1845 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, first baronet (1786-1845) |
| Brief: | Politician, brewer, abolitionist, philanthropist, Quaker and social reformer. |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Cedar Lodge, 1 North End Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | Myrtle Lodge |
| Resident: | 1815 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Byrne [born Byrn], Oscar (1796-1867) |
| Brief: | Ballet master |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Cartwright Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Burton Crescent |
| Resident: | 1832-1843 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Byrne [born Byrn], Oscar (1796-1867) |
| Brief: | Ballet master |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Malden Road |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Newberry Place |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Byrne [born Byrn], Oscar (1796-1867) |
| Brief: | Ballet master |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Islip Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1867 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Byrne, Anne Frances (1775-1837) |
| Brief: | Watercolor painter of birds, fruit and flowers, the first female associate of the Society of Painters in Water Colours |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 99 Whitfield Street |
| Contemp. address: | 55 Upper John Street |
| Resident: | 1805 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Byrne, Daniel (1816-1896) |
| Brief: | Painter of portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/MiniaturePainters.htm |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 9 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1846-1849 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Byrne, Daniel (1816-1896) |
| Brief: | Painter of portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/MiniaturePainters.htm |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 25 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1840-1843 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Byrne, Daniel (1816-1896) |
| Brief: | Painter of portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/MiniaturePainters.htm |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 33 Coptic Street |
| Contemp. address: | 33 Duke Street |
| Resident: | 1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Byrne, Daniel (1816-1896) |
| Brief: | Painter of portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/MiniaturePainters.htm |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 46 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1844 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Byrom, John (1692-1763) |
| Brief: | Poet and creator of a system of shorthand, remembered as the writer of "Christians, awake, salute the happy morn" |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Gray's Inn |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1723-1735 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Byron, Henry James (1835-1884) |
| Brief: | Playwright and actor, the most prolific playwright of the mid-Victorian period |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881-1884 |
| Notes: | |
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