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Name:Caccia, Harold Anthony, Baron Caccia (1905-1990)
Brief:Diplomat who rose to become Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Provost of Eton and president of the MCC
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Chester Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957-1975
Notes:
  
Name:Cadbury-Brown, Henry Thomas [Jim] (1913-2009)
Brief:Architect, member of the MARS group, contributed to the 1951 Festival of Britain and was the main designer of the Royal College of Art on Kensington Gore
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Neal Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1964-1982
Notes:Seven Dials Trust plaque
  
Name:Cadell [née Nash], Jessie Ellen (1844-1884)
Brief:Novelist and orientalist who died before she could complete her translation of the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Chalk Farm Road
Contemp. address:Devonshire Lodge, Pancras Vale
Resident:1844
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Cadell, Thomas, the elder (1742-1802)
Brief:Bookseller and publisher whose authors included Edward Gibbon, Robert Burns and David Hulme
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Bloomsbury Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1802
Notes:
  
Name:Cadman, John, first Baron Cadman (1877-1941)
Brief:Mining engineer, petroleum technologist and public servant. The leading British authority on oil during WWI who also chaired government committees on aviation and television.
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Westfield, 32 Highgate West Hill
Contemp. address:Westfield, 32 West Hill
Resident:1922-1934
Notes:
  
Name:Caine, Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall (1853-1931)
Brief:Novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic. Hugely popular and the most highly paid novelist of his day.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Heath End House, Spaniards Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1923-1931
Notes:
  
Name:Caine, Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall (1853-1931)
Brief:Novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic. Hugely popular and the most highly paid novelist of his day.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Heath Brow
Contemp. address:Heath Brow
Resident:1914-1922
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Caine, Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall (1853-1931)
Brief:Novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic. Hugely popular and the most highly paid novelist of his day.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Pilgrim's Lane
Contemp. address:Yarra, Worsley Road
Resident:1884
Notes:
  
Name:Caldecott, Randolph (1846-1886)
Brief:Artist, particularly successful as an illustrator of Nursery Rhymes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:46 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1872-1879
Notes:GLC blue plaque
  
Name:Calder, Alexander (1898-1976)
Brief:Sculptor, best known for his innovative 'mobiles' (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://calder.org/archive/all/chronology/
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Belsize Park
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937
Notes:
  
Name:Calderon, George Leslie (1868-1915)
Brief:Playwright and linguist, expert on Russian life and literature
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.patrickmileswriter.co.uk/calderonia/
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:42 Well Walk
Contemp. address:
Resident:1915
Notes:
  
Name:Calderon, George Leslie (1868-1915)
Brief:Playwright and linguist, expert on Russian life and literature
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.patrickmileswriter.co.uk/calderonia/
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Heathland Lodge, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901-1912
Notes:Now divided into 3 properties: Heathland Studio, Fleet House and Greenmoor
  
Name:Calderon, William Francis (Frank) (1865-1943)
Brief:Painter of portraits, landscapes, figure subjects and sporting pictures, book illustrator
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Carlingford Road
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Resident:1891-1895
Notes:
  
Name:Calkin, George Lance (1859-1936)
Brief:Portrait painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Calkin, George Lance (1859-1936)
Brief:Portrait painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Mornington Crescent
Contemp. address:23 Mornington Crescent
Resident:1859-1871
Notes:
  
Name:Calkin, George Lance (1859-1936)
Brief:Portrait painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:47 Gloucester Road
Resident:1881
Notes:
  
Name:Calkin, George Lance (1859-1936)
Brief:Portrait painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 King Henry's Road
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Resident:1891
Notes:
  
Name:Calkin, James (1786-1862)
Brief:Music teacher, composer and organist at Regent Square Church for 30 years. His four sons all became musicians
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Oakley Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861-1862
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Calkin, James (1786-1862)
Brief:Music teacher, composer and organist at Regent Square Church for 30 years. His four sons all became musicians
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Harrington Street
Contemp. address:3 Harrington Street
Resident:1841
Notes:Demolished, family home of Calkin, John Baptiste (1827-1905)
  
Name:Calkin, James (1786-1862)
Brief:Music teacher, composer and organist at Regent Square Church for 30 years. His four sons all became musicians
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:273 Eversholt Street
Contemp. address:3 Eversholt Street
Resident:1851
Notes:
  
Name:Calkin, John Baptiste (1827-1905)
Brief:Composer, organist and music teacher, best known for his setting of 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Calkin, James (1786-1862)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:48 Agar Grove
Contemp. address:48 St Paul's Road
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Calkin, John Baptiste (1827-1905)
Brief:Composer, organist and music teacher, best known for his setting of 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Calkin, James (1786-1862)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:55 St Augustine's Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881
Notes:
  
Name:Callendar, Hugh Longbourne (1863-1930)
Brief:Physicist known for his contributions to the areas of thermometry and thermodynamics
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Chester Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901
Notes:
  
Name:Calthrop, Donald Esme Clayton (1888-1940)
Brief:Character actor who appeared in more than 60 films
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:30 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932-1934
Notes:
  
Name:Calvert, Albert Frederick (1872-1946)
Brief:Author, engineer and explorer, wrote about Western Australia and floated mining enterprises on the stock exchange. In later life, became an expert on Spain and Spanish art
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:33 Caversham Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1872
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Calvert, Albert Frederick (1872-1946)
Brief:Author, engineer and explorer, wrote about Western Australia and floated mining enterprises on the stock exchange. In later life, became an expert on Spain and Spanish art
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Eton Avenue
Contemp. address:Royston, Eton Avenue
Resident:1901-1945
Notes:
  
Name:Calvert, Cecil, second Baron Baltimore (1605-1675)
Brief:First Proprietor of the Province of Maryland who governed Maryland for 42 years
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Wild Street
Contemp. address:Weld House
Resident:1665-1675
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Calvert, Charles Alexander (1828-1879)
Brief:Actor and theatre manager known for productions of Shakespeare plays with historically accurate sets and costumes
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:Sol's Row
Resident:1828
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Calvert, Frederick, sixth Baron Baltimore (1732-1771)
Brief:Author and libertine, Governor of the Province of Maryland,
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Russell Square
Contemp. address:Baltimore House
Resident:1763-1768
Notes:Demolished, later called Bolton House
  
Name:Cameron, (Mark) James Walter (1911-1985)
Brief:Journalist, author and TV presenter
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Eton College Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1985
Notes:
  
Name:Cameron, Violet [real name Violet Lydia Thompson] (1862-1919)
Brief:Actress and singer who gained fame in Robert Planquette's operettas and for an affair with the Earl of Lonsdale.
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Argyle Street
Contemp. address:38 Argyle Street
Resident:1862
Notes:
  
Name:Caminos, Ricardo Augusto (1916-1992)
Brief:Egyptologist whose former home in London now serves as the Ricardo A. Caminos Memorial Library of the Egypt Exploration Society
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Address:4 Doughty Mews
Contemp. address:
Resident:1980-1992
Notes:
  
Name:Campbell, John (1708-1775)
Brief:Historian whom Samuel Johnson described as 'the richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.'
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Queen Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1757-1776
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Campbell, Roy [Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell] (1901-1957)
Brief:South African poet, literary critic, literary translator, war poet, and satirist
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:90 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1923-1924
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Campbell, Roy [Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell] (1901-1957)
Brief:South African poet, literary critic, literary translator, war poet, and satirist
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Conway Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1941
Notes:
  
Name:Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844)
Brief:Poet, editor, supporter of Polish independence and one of the initiators of a plan to found the University of London
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:61 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1837-1841
Notes:Rebuilt
  
Name:Canetti, Elias Jacques (1905-1994)
Brief:Novelist, playwright, memoirist and nonfiction writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Thurlow Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1958-1982
Notes:
  
Name:Canetti, Elias Jacques (1905-1994)
Brief:Novelist, playwright, memoirist and nonfiction writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:118 King Henry's Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Canetti, Elias Jacques (1905-1994)
Brief:Novelist, playwright, memoirist and nonfiction writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Compayne Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1951-1957
Notes:
  
Name:Cannon, Esma Ellen Charlotte (1905-1972)
Brief:Character actress and comedian, mainly on film, a familiar face in 'Carry On' films
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Priory Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1955-1984
Notes:
  
Name:Canot, Peter Charles (~1710-1777)
Brief:Engraver of views of gardens and of London, as well as landscapes, seascapes, and fox-hunting scenes
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Camden High Street
Contemp. address:Opposite Mother Red Cap
Resident:1770-1777
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Canziani [née Starr], Louisa (1845-1909)
Brief:Painter, the first woman to win a gold medal at the Royal Academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1865-1886
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Canziani [née Starr], Louisa (1845-1909)
Brief:Painter, the first woman to win a gold medal at the Royal Academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Cartwright Gardens
Contemp. address:34 Burton Crescent
Resident:1845
Notes:
  
Name:Canziani [née Starr], Louisa (1845-1909)
Brief:Painter, the first woman to win a gold medal at the Royal Academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:57 Gower Street
Contemp. address:58 Gower Street
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Cape, (Herbert) Jonathan (1879-1960)
Brief:Founder of publishing firm Jonathan Cape
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flat 128, Bedford Court Mansions
Contemp. address:
Resident:1945-1960
Notes:
  
Name:Cape, (Herbert) Jonathan (1879-1960)
Brief:Founder of publishing firm Jonathan Cape
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Hampstead Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1946-1953
Notes:
  
Name:Cape, (Herbert) Jonathan (1879-1960)
Brief:Founder of publishing firm Jonathan Cape
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1922-1925
Notes:
  
Name:Cape, (Herbert) Jonathan (1879-1960)
Brief:Founder of publishing firm Jonathan Cape
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937-1939
Notes:
  
Name:Capel, James (1789-1872)
Brief:Stockbroker and philanthropist, chairman of the stock exchange in 1853. James Capel and Co. was bought by HSBC in 1986
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Fitzroy Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1853
Notes:Rebuilt in facsimile
  
Name:Capel, James (1789-1872)
Brief:Stockbroker and philanthropist, chairman of the stock exchange in 1853. James Capel and Co. was bought by HSBC in 1986
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1825-1833
Notes:
  
Name:Cardale, John Bate (1802-1877)
Brief:First apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church, an evangelical sect that practised healing and speaking in tongues
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:60 Lamb's Conduit Street
Contemp. address:28 Lamb's Conduit Street
Resident:1802
Notes:Rebuilt
  
Name:Cardale, John Bate (1802-1877)
Brief:First apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church, an evangelical sect that practised healing and speaking in tongues
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:BMA House
Contemp. address:Bedford House
Resident:1847-1854
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cardale, John Bate (1802-1877)
Brief:First apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church, an evangelical sect that practised healing and speaking in tongues
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:65 Torrington Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1860
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cardale, John Bate (1802-1877)
Brief:First apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church, an evangelical sect that practised healing and speaking in tongues
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Endsleigh Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1838
Notes:
  
Name:Cardew, Cornelius McDonough (1936-1981)
Brief:Composer of experimental music and prominent Marxist-Leninist
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Agar Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1974-1979
Notes:
  
Name:Cardon, Anthony (1772-1813)
Brief:Engraver and print publisher whose work included three of the successful series 'Cries of London'
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:51 Maple Street
Contemp. address:37 London Street
Resident:1807-1813
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cardwell, Edward, first Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886)
Brief:Politician, the 'Cardwell Reforms' centralised the power of the War Office, abolished purchase of officers' commissions and created reserve forces stationed in Britain
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1843-1844
Notes:
  
Name:Cardwell, Edward, first Viscount Cardwell (1813-1886)
Brief:Politician, the 'Cardwell Reforms' centralised the power of the War Office, abolished purchase of officers' commissions and created reserve forces stationed in Britain
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1842
Notes:
  
Name:Carey, (William) Denis (1909-1986)
Brief:Character actor who appeared in many film and television roles
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Eldon Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1955-1982
Notes:
  
Name:Carey, (William) Denis (1909-1986)
Brief:Character actor who appeared in many film and television roles
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Albany Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1950-1954
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carey, Henry (1687-1743)
Brief:Poet, dramatist and songwriter. The most prolific English song composer of his time, and he wrote his own lyrics to all but 12 of his 250 songs
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Mount Pleasant
Contemp. address:Dorrington Street
Resident:~1735-1743
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Carey, Rosa Nouchette (1840-1909)
Brief:Children's writer and popular novelist who also wrote for 'Girl's Own Paper'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:57 Alexandra Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carleton, Billie [real name Florence Leonora Stewart] (1896-1918)
Brief:Actress and singer remembered mainly for opium parties and a cocaine habit
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Bernard Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1896
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Carline, George Francis (1855-1920)
Brief:Painter of landscapes and portraits, father of a family of father of artists, their home home in Hampstead became a noted meeting place for artists, writers and intellectuals
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1916-1920
Notes:
  
Name:Carline, Richard Cotton (1896-1980)
Brief:Painter, arts administrator and writer. 'Gathering on the Terrace at 47 Downshire Hill, Hampstead' depicts Hampstead artists and members of his family
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Pond Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1938-1980
Notes:
  
Name:Carline, Richard Cotton (1896-1980)
Brief:Painter, arts administrator and writer. 'Gathering on the Terrace at 47 Downshire Hill, Hampstead' depicts Hampstead artists and members of his family
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1918-1937
Notes:
  
Name:Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)
Brief:Author, biographer and historian (Sartor Resartus, The French Revolution)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:33 Ampton Street
Contemp. address:4 Ampton Street
Resident:1831, 1834
Notes:LCC plaque
  
Name:Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)
Brief:Author, biographer and historian (Sartor Resartus, The French Revolution)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Woburn Walk
Contemp. address:6 Woburn Buildings
Resident:1831
Notes:
  
Name:Carmichael, Ian Gillett (1920-2010)
Brief:Actor on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. Probably his best known roles were Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:173 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1951-1954
Notes:
  
Name:Carmichael, Ian Gillett (1920-2010)
Brief:Actor on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. Probably his best known roles were Bertie Wooster and Lord Peter Wimsey
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Eton Villas
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956
Notes:
  
Name:Carmichael, James John Wilson (1799-1868)
Brief:Marine painter admired for his mastery of the technical details of ships
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Howland Street
Contemp. address:20 Howland Street
Resident:1847-1853
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carmichael, James John Wilson (1799-1868)
Brief:Marine painter admired for his mastery of the technical details of ships
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 St Mark's Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Carnaby, William (1772-1839)
Brief:Composer and organist at the Hanover Chapel, Regent Street
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Dangoor Walk
Contemp. address:7 Middlesex Place
Resident:1839
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Carnaby, William (1772-1839)
Brief:Composer and organist at the Hanover Chapel, Regent Street
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:31 Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1821-1829
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carney, Arthur George Thomas (1887-1947)
Brief:Music Hall comedian and film actor
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Address:4A Hampstead High Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1943-1947
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carney, Arthur George Thomas (1887-1947)
Brief:Music Hall comedian and film actor
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Hampstead Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1938
Notes:
  
Name:Caro, Sir Anthony Alfred (1924-2013)
Brief:Sculptor whose highly regarded work used 'found' and industrial objects
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:111 Frognal
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956-2013
Notes:
  
Name:Carpenter, Richard Cromwell (1812-1855)
Brief:Architect working in the Gothic revival style (St Mary Magdalene, Munster Square)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 Bedford Way
Contemp. address:40 Upper Bedford Place
Resident:1851-1855
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carpenter, Richard Cromwell (1812-1855)
Brief:Architect working in the Gothic revival style (St Mary Magdalene, Munster Square)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:99 Guilford Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1850
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885)
Brief:Author of influential text books on physiology, psychology, natural history and microscopy, prolific lecturer, promoter of the Challenger deep sea expedition, Registrar of the University of London
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:CHR 45 10-17 (2021)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:University Hall
Resident:1852-1859
Notes:As Principal of University Hall. Building is now occupied by Dr William's Library.
  
Name:Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885)
Brief:Author of influential text books on physiology, psychology, natural history and microscopy, prolific lecturer, promoter of the Challenger deep sea expedition, Registrar of the University of London
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:CHR 45 10-17 (2021)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Regent's Park Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1845-1852
Notes:
  
Name:Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885)
Brief:Author of influential text books on physiology, psychology, natural history and microscopy, prolific lecturer, promoter of the Challenger deep sea expedition, Registrar of the University of London
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:CHR 45 10-17 (2021)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Regent's Park Road
Contemp. address:8 Queen's Road West
Resident:1859-1885
Notes:
  
Name:Carpue, Joseph Constantine (1764-1846)
Brief:Surgeon, pioneer of rhinoplastic surgery and use of electricity in medicine, associated with body snatchers
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:98 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:45 Charlotte Street
Resident:1835-1846
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carr [née Bayley], Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns (1907-1992)
Brief:Artist and writer, pen name Barbara Comyns, author of semi-autobiographical novels
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:50 Gondar Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933
Notes:
  
Name:Carr [née Bayley], Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns (1907-1992)
Brief:Artist and writer, pen name Barbara Comyns, author of semi-autobiographical novels
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Belsize Park
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Carrington, Dora de Houghton (1893-1932)
Brief:Painter and decorative artist, associated with the Bloomsbury Group but not a member
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1916-1917
Notes:
  
Name:Carrington, Dora de Houghton (1893-1932)
Brief:Painter and decorative artist, associated with the Bloomsbury Group but not a member
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:41 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1920-1923
Notes:
  
Name:Carrington, Noel Lewis (1895-1989)
Brief:Book designer, editor, publisher and the founder of Puffin Books
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:99 South End Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933-1953
Notes:
  
Name:Carrodus, John Tiplady (1836-1895)
Brief:One of the leading English violinists of his time who may have given the first public violin recital, professor at the Guildhall School of Music and at Trinity College, London
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:199 Camden Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1895
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carrodus, John Tiplady (1836-1895)
Brief:One of the leading English violinists of his time who may have given the first public violin recital, professor at the Guildhall School of Music and at Trinity College, London
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Agar Grove
Contemp. address:47 St Paul's Road
Resident:1871-1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carrodus, John Tiplady (1836-1895)
Brief:One of the leading English violinists of his time who may have given the first public violin recital, professor at the Guildhall School of Music and at Trinity College, London
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Princess Road
Contemp. address:22 Princess Terrace
Resident:1861-1862
Notes:
  
Name:Carrodus, John Tiplady (1836-1895)
Brief:One of the leading English violinists of his time who may have given the first public violin recital, professor at the Guildhall School of Music and at Trinity College, London
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:53 Whitfield Street
Contemp. address:78 John Street
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carron, Abbé Guy-Toussaint-Julien (1760-1821)
Brief:Priest who founded a number of religious, social and educational institutions in the area
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Address:Phoenix Road / Chalton Street
Contemp. address:59 Clarendon Square
Resident:1799-1814
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carse, Alexander (1770-1843)
Brief:Painter of scenes of Scottish life. His works include a large canvas of George IV's visit to Leith
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Aldenham Street
Contemp. address:2 Grenville Street
Resident:1815-1818
Notes:Demolished, family home of Carse, William (1800-1845)
  
Name:Carse, Alexander (1770-1843)
Brief:Painter of scenes of Scottish life. His works include a large canvas of George IV's visit to Leith
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Aldenham Street
Contemp. address:7 Grenville Street
Resident:1819-1820
Notes:Demolished, family home of Carse, William (1800-1845)
  
Name:Carse, William (1800-1845)
Brief:Landscape painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Carse, Alexander (1770-1843)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Doric Way
Contemp. address:18 Southampton Crescent
Resident:1821-1827
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Carson, Charles George (1885-1977)
Brief:Character actor in films over a career of 4 decades
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Willoughby Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1931-1935
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell [née Macfarlane], Catherine Roxburgh (1879-1946)
Brief:Novelist and journalist, best known for biographies of Robert Burns and D. H. Lawrence
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Holly Bush House, 21 Holly Mount
Contemp. address:
Resident:1915-1925
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell [née Macfarlane], Catherine Roxburgh (1879-1946)
Brief:Novelist and journalist, best known for biographies of Robert Burns and D. H. Lawrence
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Keats Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell [née Macfarlane], Catherine Roxburgh (1879-1946)
Brief:Novelist and journalist, best known for biographies of Robert Burns and D. H. Lawrence
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Gloucester Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939-1940
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell [née Macfarlane], Catherine Roxburgh (1879-1946)
Brief:Novelist and journalist, best known for biographies of Robert Burns and D. H. Lawrence
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Parkhill Road
Contemp. address:3 Parkhill Road Studios
Resident:1930
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carswell, John Patrick (1918-1997)
Brief:Civil servant and author who served as Secretary of the British Academy, chairman of the Heath & Hampstead Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Holly Bush House, 21 Holly Mount
Contemp. address:
Resident:1918-1925
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell, John Patrick (1918-1997)
Brief:Civil servant and author who served as Secretary of the British Academy, chairman of the Heath & Hampstead Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Gloucester Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell, John Patrick (1918-1997)
Brief:Civil servant and author who served as Secretary of the British Academy, chairman of the Heath & Hampstead Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 New End
Contemp. address:
Resident:1953-1960
Notes:
  
Name:Carswell, John Patrick (1918-1997)
Brief:Civil servant and author who served as Secretary of the British Academy, chairman of the Heath & Hampstead Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Prince Arthur Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1982-1997
Notes:
  
Name:Carte, Richard D'Oyly (1844-1901)
Brief:Theatre impresario, built the Savoy Theatre to host Gilbert and Sullivan operas
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Dartmouth Park Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1860-1870
Notes:EH blue plaque
  
Name:Carte, Richard D'Oyly (1844-1901)
Brief:Theatre impresario, built the Savoy Theatre to host Gilbert and Sullivan operas
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Russell Square
Contemp. address:Bolton Gardens
Resident:1881-1886
Notes:Demolished, Marchmont Assoc. plaque nearby
  
Name:Carte, Richard D'Oyly (1844-1901)
Brief:Theatre impresario, built the Savoy Theatre to host Gilbert and Sullivan operas
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1-4 Brookfield Mansions, Highgate West Hill
Contemp. address:Aller Cottage, West Hill
Resident:1873-1879
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carter [née Asquith], (Helen) Violet Bonham, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887-1969)
Brief:Liberal Party politician and diarist who made frequent appearances on radio and television
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Maresfield Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1887-1892
Notes:
  
Name:Carter [née Asquith], (Helen) Violet Bonham, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887-1969)
Brief:Liberal Party politician and diarist who made frequent appearances on radio and television
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Keats Grove
Contemp. address:12 John Street
Resident:1887
Notes:
  
Name:Carter, Huntly (1862-1942)
Brief:Journalist, art critic and lecturer who introduced Soviet avant-garde theatre to British audiences
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:4 Elm Row
Contemp. address:Elm Studio, Elm Row
Resident:1918-1925
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Carter, Huntly (1862-1942)
Brief:Journalist, art critic and lecturer who introduced Soviet avant-garde theatre to British audiences
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:19 Thurlow Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1931-1932
Notes:
  
Name:Carter, Huntly (1862-1942)
Brief:Journalist, art critic and lecturer who introduced Soviet avant-garde theatre to British audiences
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Enfield House, Windmill Hill
Contemp. address:The Studio, Windmill Hill
Resident:1933-1942
Notes:Incorporated into Enfield House
  
Name:Carter, Sydney Bertram (1915-2004)
Brief:Poet, songwriter and folk musician, editor of 'English Dance and Song'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Agar Grove
Contemp. address:36 St Paul's Road
Resident:1915
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cartwright, John (1740-1824)
Brief:Naval officer, Nottinghamshire militia major and prominent campaigner for universal suffrage and annual parliaments
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Cartwright Gardens
Contemp. address:37 Burton Crescent
Resident:1820-24
Notes:
  
Name:Cary, Francis Stephen (1808-1880)
Brief:Painter and art teacher who succeeded Henry Sass as the head of his art academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Bloomsbury Street
Contemp. address:6 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury
Resident:1842-1874
Notes:
  
Name:Case, Janet Elizabeth (1863-1937)
Brief:Classical scholar, tutor of ancient Greek, journalist and women's rights advocate
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Heath Brow
Contemp. address:Heath Brow Cottage
Resident:1869-1891
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Case, Janet Elizabeth (1863-1937)
Brief:Classical scholar, tutor of ancient Greek, journalist and women's rights advocate
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Windmill Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1897-1920
Notes:
  
Name:Case, Janet Elizabeth (1863-1937)
Brief:Classical scholar, tutor of ancient Greek, journalist and women's rights advocate
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:117 Adelaide Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1863-1865
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Casella, Louis Pascal [formerly Luigi Pasquale] (1812-1897)
Brief:Maker of scientific instruments. The name still lives on for a firm making environmental monitoring equipment
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Louis_Paschal_Casella
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:23 Hatton Garden
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Casella, Louis Pascal [formerly Luigi Pasquale] (1812-1897)
Brief:Maker of scientific instruments. The name still lives on for a firm making environmental monitoring equipment
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Louis_Paschal_Casella
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 South Grove
Contemp. address:The Lawns, South Grove
Resident:1861-1897
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Casson, (Frederick) Michael [Mick] (1925-2003)
Brief:Potter, prominent in the studio pottery movement. His TV program, 'The Craft of the Potter', was surprisingly popular
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:55 Marchmont Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956-1959
Notes:
  
Name:Castle [née Betts], Barbara Anne, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1910-2002)
Brief:Labour party politician, St Pancras councillor, one of the longest-serving female MPs, First Secretary of State. As Secretary of State for Employment, she helped pass the Equal Pay Act
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Coram Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1943
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Castle [née Betts], Barbara Anne, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1910-2002)
Brief:Labour party politician, St Pancras councillor, one of the longest-serving female MPs, First Secretary of State. As Secretary of State for Employment, she helped pass the Equal Pay Act
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:44 Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1943-1945
Notes:
  
Name:Castle [née Betts], Barbara Anne, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1910-2002)
Brief:Labour party politician, St Pancras councillor, one of the longest-serving female MPs, First Secretary of State. As Secretary of State for Employment, she helped pass the Equal Pay Act
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:508 Endsleigh Court, Upper Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Catalani, Angelica (1780-1849)
Brief:Soprano with nearly three octaves in range who commanded immense fees
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:82 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:37 Upper Charlotte Street
Resident:1810
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cates, Arthur (1829-1901)
Brief:Surveyor who succeeded James Pennethorne as architect to the land revenues of the crown
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Huntley Street
Contemp. address:38 Alfred Street
Resident:1829-1879
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cattaneo, Ambrogio Antonio [Tony] (1927-2003)
Brief:Animator (Spillers Homepride flour graders, Typhoo gnu, the Country Life buttermen, the Tetley tea folk and the KP Crisps monks)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetley_Tea_Folk
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:41 Burton Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1927
Notes:
  
Name:Catton, Charles, the elder (1728-1798)
Brief:Coach painter to King George III, landscape, animal and figure painter, one of the founder members of the Royal Academy of Arts
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Euston Road
Contemp. address:Judd Place East
Resident:1797-1798
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Catton, Charles, the elder (1728-1798)
Brief:Coach painter to King George III, landscape, animal and figure painter, one of the founder members of the Royal Academy of Arts
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Gate Street
Contemp. address:4 Gate Street
Resident:1769-1793
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Caulfield, Patrick Joseph (1936-2005)
Brief:Painter. He designed the headstone for his grave in Highgate Cemetery, which simply says "DEAD"
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 Belsize Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1986-2005
Notes:
  
Name:Caulfield, Patrick Joseph (1936-2005)
Brief:Painter. He designed the headstone for his grave in Highgate Cemetery, which simply says "DEAD"
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1982-1984
Notes:
  
Name:Causey, Andrew Gilbert (1940-2014)
Brief:Art historian who taught at the at the University of Manchester, curated exhibitions for major public galleries and produced catalogues raisonné for Paul Nash and Edward Burra
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/17/andrew-causey
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Stratford Villas
Contemp. address:
Resident:1997-2014
Notes:
  
Name:Causey, Andrew Gilbert (1940-2014)
Brief:Art historian who taught at the at the University of Manchester, curated exhibitions for major public galleries and produced catalogues raisonné for Paul Nash and Edward Burra
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/17/andrew-causey
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:41 Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962-1963
Notes:
  
Name:Causey, Andrew Gilbert (1940-2014)
Brief:Art historian who taught at the at the University of Manchester, curated exhibitions for major public galleries and produced catalogues raisonné for Paul Nash and Edward Burra
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jul/17/andrew-causey
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:116 Eton Rise, Eton College Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1964-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Cave, Edward Jarvis (1840-1923)
Brief:Builder who developed many large mansion blocks in Finchley Road & West Hampstead
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:CHR 24 26-31 (2000)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Frognal Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901
Notes:
  
Name:Cavendish, Ada (1839-1895)
Brief:Actress known for her roles in Shakespeare and Wilkie Collins
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1888-1889
Notes:
  
Name:Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810)
Brief:Chemist and physicist, recognised hydrogen was an element, estimated the density of the earth
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1784-1810
Notes:Bedford Estate plaque
  
Name:Cavendish, William, first duke of Devonshire (1641-1707)
Brief:Soldier and Whig politician, one of the 'Immortal Seven' group that invited William, Prince of Orange to depose James II
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:48 Boswell Street
Contemp. address:Old Devonshire House
Resident:1668-1683
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cayford [née Bunch], Dame Florence Evelyne (1897-1987)
Brief:Labour party politician who served as Hampstead councillor, Chair of LCC and Mayor of Camden
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Hemstal Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1923-1982
Notes:
  
Name:Cayford [née Bunch], Dame Florence Evelyne (1897-1987)
Brief:Labour party politician who served as Hampstead councillor, Chair of LCC and Mayor of Camden
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Weedington Road
Contemp. address:27 Ashdown Street
Resident:1897-1901
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cayford [née Bunch], Dame Florence Evelyne (1897-1987)
Brief:Labour party politician who served as Hampstead councillor, Chair of LCC and Mayor of Camden
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Wellesley Road
Contemp. address:22 Hanover Street
Resident:1911
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cayley, Charles Bagot (1823-1883)
Brief:Translator who was Christina Rossetti's "blindest buzzard" and "special mole"
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 South Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1883
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cellier, Alfred (1844-1891)
Brief:Composer, orchestrator and conductor. The most successful of his comic operas was 'Dorothy'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:69 Torrington Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1891
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cellier, François [Frank] (1884-1948)
Brief:Actor on stage and screen
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:80 Lawn Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1929-1930
Notes:
  
Name:Cellier, François [Frank] (1884-1948)
Brief:Actor on stage and screen
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Pilgrim's Lane
Contemp. address:3 Pilgrim's Corner
Resident:1925-1926
Notes:
  
Name:Cervetto, James (1748-1837)
Brief:Cellist and composer who was a member of Lord Abingdon's private orchestra
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:65 Warren Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1828
Notes:
  
Name:Cesarani, David Ian (1956-2015)
Brief:Historian who specialised in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Somali Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:2015
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Chadfield, Edward (1827-1908)
Brief:Musician and composer of traditional plain song pieces for the English Church
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Aberdare Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1899-1907
Notes:
  
Name:Chadwick, Mary Winifred (1885-1943)
Brief:Psychoanalyst, considered the founder of child-analysis in Britain
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Taviton Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1943
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chadwick, Mary Winifred (1885-1943)
Brief:Psychoanalyst, considered the founder of child-analysis in Britain
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Brunswick Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1921-1923
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chadwick, Mary Winifred (1885-1943)
Brief:Psychoanalyst, considered the founder of child-analysis in Britain
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:48 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1931-1934
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chaffers, William (1811-1892)
Brief:Antiquary and writer of reference works on hallmarks and marks on ceramics
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 Fitzroy Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1863-1876
Notes:
  
Name:Chaffers, William (1811-1892)
Brief:Antiquary and writer of reference works on hallmarks and marks on ceramics
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Medley Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1890-1892
Notes:
  
Name:Chagrin, Francis [born Alexander Paucker] (1905-1972)
Brief:Conductor and composer of film scores and popular orchestral music, founder of the Society for the Promotion of New Music
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:48 Fellows Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1958-1972
Notes:
  
Name:Chagrin, Francis [born Alexander Paucker] (1905-1972)
Brief:Conductor and composer of film scores and popular orchestral music, founder of the Society for the Promotion of New Music
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Lancaster Drive
Contemp. address:
Resident:1941-1956
Notes:
  
Name:Challoner, Richard (1691-1781)
Brief:Roman Catholic bishop who devoted much time to revising the English Catholic Bible
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:44 Old Gloucester Street
Contemp. address:44 Gloucester Street
Resident:1781
Notes:Memorial plaque
  
Name:Chalmers, Judith Rosemary Locke (1935-2026)
Brief:Television and radio presenter, best known for 'Wish You Were Here...'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Hillway
Contemp. address:
Resident:1995-2018
Notes:
  
Name:Chambers, Ephraim (~1680-1740)
Brief:Writer and encyclopaedist, compiler of the 'Cyclopaedia, or a Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences'
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Gray's Inn
Contemp. address:
Resident:1721-1740
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Chambers, George (1803-1840)
Brief:Marine painter who decorated the Colosseum in Regent's Park with a panorama of London
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1840
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chambers, George (1803-1840)
Brief:Marine painter who decorated the Colosseum in Regent's Park with a panorama of London
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1838
Notes:
  
Name:Chambers, George (1803-1840)
Brief:Marine painter who decorated the Colosseum in Regent's Park with a panorama of London
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Park Village West
Contemp. address:
Resident:1835-1837
Notes:
  
Name:Chambers, Sir (Stanley) Paul (1904-1981)
Brief:Director of Statistics and Intelligence in the Inland Revenue, responsible for introducing PAYE, and chairman of ICI. President of the Royal Statistical Society
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1A Frognal Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1971-1981
Notes:
  
Name:Chambers, Sir (Stanley) Paul (1904-1981)
Brief:Director of Statistics and Intelligence in the Inland Revenue, responsible for introducing PAYE, and chairman of ICI. President of the Royal Statistical Society
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Vale Lodge, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956-1960
Notes:
  
Name:Champneys, (William) Weldon (1807-1875)
Brief:Vicar of St Pancras and dean of Lichfield. As rector of St Mary's, Whitechapel, he was "one of the foremost evangelical slum parsons of his generation"
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:31 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished, family home of Champneys, Basil (1842-1935)
  
Name:Champneys, Basil (1842-1935)
Brief:Architect and author whose work includes Manchester's John Rylands Library and buildings for several Oxbridge colleges
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Champneys, (William) Weldon (1807-1875)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Hall Oak, 42 Frognal Lane
Contemp. address:Manor Farm
Resident:1882-1935
Notes:
  
Name:Champneys, Basil (1842-1935)
Brief:Architect and author whose work includes Manchester's John Rylands Library and buildings for several Oxbridge colleges
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Champneys, (William) Weldon (1807-1875)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Bell Moor
Contemp. address:Harrow Cottage, Hampstead Heath
Resident:1872-1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chandler, Johanna (1820-1875)
Brief:Founder of a home for the paralysed which became the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The first £200 raised by making flowers and light ornaments from Barbados rice shells and beads
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Albany Street
Contemp. address:153 Albany Street
Resident:1861-1875
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chapman, Frederick (1864-1943)
Brief:Palaeontologist, a world authority on Foraminifera, first Australian Commonwealth Palaeontologist
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:82 Harmood Street
Contemp. address:61 Harmood Street
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Chapman, Graham (1941-1989)
Brief:Comedian best known as a member of the Monty Python team
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Gayton Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:~1967
Notes:
  
Name:Charles, Elizabeth Rundle (1828-1896)
Brief:Novelist (The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Combe Edge, 4 Oak Hill Way
Contemp. address:
Resident:1874-1896
Notes:Memorial plaque
  
Name:Charles, Elizabeth Rundle (1828-1896)
Brief:Novelist (The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1854-1856
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Charlton [née Gribble], Muriel Daphne (1909-1991)
Brief:Artist who appears in several paintings by Stanley Spencer
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 New End Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Chase, John (1810-1879)
Brief:Watercolour painter of landscape and architecture
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:113 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:50 Upper Charlotte Street
Resident:1857-1879
Notes:Demolished, family home of Chase, Marian Emma (1844-1905)
  
Name:Chase, John (1810-1879)
Brief:Watercolour painter of landscape and architecture
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:87 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:62 Upper Charlotte Street
Resident:1840-1855
Notes:Family home of Chase, Marian Emma (1844-1905)
  
Name:Chase, John (1810-1879)
Brief:Watercolour painter of landscape and architecture
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:103 Whitfield Street
Contemp. address:53 Upper John Street
Resident:1810-1834
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chase, Marian Emma (1844-1905)
Brief:Painter best known for her flower, fruit and still-life watercolour paintings
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Chase, John (1810-1879)
Ancestry: 
Address:14 Quex Road
Contemp. address:Haddon Lodge, Quex Road
Resident:1880-1886
Notes:
  
Name:Chatfield, Edward (1799-1839)
Brief:Painter [pseud. Echion]
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:93 Judd Street
Contemp. address:66 Judd Street
Resident:1833-1839
Notes:
  
Name:Chatterton, Frederick Balsir (1834-1886)
Brief:Theatre manager and impresario who originated the famous quote, "Shakespeare spelt ruin and Byron bankruptcy"
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Eversholt Street
Contemp. address:Seymour Street
Resident:1834
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Brief:Poet, most famous for his suicide
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Brooke Street
Contemp. address:4 Brooke Street
Resident:1770
Notes:Demolished, City of London plaque
  
Name:Chatto, Andrew (1840-1913)
Brief:Publisher who founded Chatto & Windus with financial support from poet William Edward Windus
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:76 Pratt Street
Contemp. address:55 Pratt Street
Resident:1840
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chatto, Andrew (1840-1913)
Brief:Publisher who founded Chatto & Windus with financial support from poet William Edward Windus
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:81 Dartmouth Park Hill
Contemp. address:Dartmouth Tower
Resident:1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chatto, Andrew (1840-1913)
Brief:Publisher who founded Chatto & Windus with financial support from poet William Edward Windus
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:off Chenies Place
Contemp. address:3 Metropolitan Buildings
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chatto, Andrew (1840-1913)
Brief:Publisher who founded Chatto & Windus with financial support from poet William Edward Windus
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Cumberland Terrace
Contemp. address:9 Cumberland Terrace
Resident:1896-1897
Notes:Rebuilt as flats behind facade
  
Name:Chester, Eliza Jane (1795-1859)
Brief:Actress known for roles in Shakespeare and Sheridan who became "Private Reader" (mistress) to George IV
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Keats House
Contemp. address:Lawn Cottage & Wentworth House
Resident:1838-1849
Notes:
  
Name:Chester, Eliza Jane (1795-1859)
Brief:Actress known for roles in Shakespeare and Sheridan who became "Private Reader" (mistress) to George IV
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Torrington Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chester, Harry (1806-1868)
Brief:Civil servant who founded the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 South Grove
Contemp. address:South Grove House
Resident:1837-1857
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chesterton, Dame Elizabeth Ursula (1915-2002)
Brief:Architect and planner who advised King's Lynn not to demolish its historic core to build a ring road
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 The Mount
Contemp. address:Holly Cottage
Resident:1929-2002
Notes:
  
Name:Cheverton, Benjamin (1794-1876)
Brief:Sculptor who designed a reducing machine that made it possible to create small scale replicas of sculptures
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1233326872
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Camden Street
Contemp. address:38 Camden Street
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cheverton, Benjamin (1794-1876)
Brief:Sculptor who designed a reducing machine that made it possible to create small scale replicas of sculptures
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1233326872
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:42 Pratt Street
Contemp. address:72 Pratt Street
Resident:1837-1844
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Childe, (Vere) Gordon (1892-1957)
Brief:Archaeologist and labour theorist, director of the London Institute of Archaeology, excavated Skara Brae in Orkney
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flats 18 & 22, Isokon, Lawn Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1947-1957
Notes:
  
Name:Chilton, Charles Frederick William (1917-2013)
Brief:BBC radio presenter, writer and producer remembered for his science-fiction trilogy 'Journey into Space'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Sandwich Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1917
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chilton, Charles Frederick William (1917-2013)
Brief:BBC radio presenter, writer and producer remembered for his science-fiction trilogy 'Journey into Space'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:130 Queen Alexandra Mansions, Judd Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939
Notes:
  
Name:Chilton, Charles Frederick William (1917-2013)
Brief:BBC radio presenter, writer and producer remembered for his science-fiction trilogy 'Journey into Space'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:31 Crediton Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1986-2013
Notes:
  
Name:Chilton, John James (1932-2016)
Brief:Trumpeter, bandleader, and jazz historian, best known as leader of John Chilton's Feetwarmers, performing with George Melly
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:102 Penshurst, Queen's Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1973
Notes:
  
Name:Chippendale, William Henry (1801-1888)
Brief:Actor, known in particular for his portrayal of old men
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:45 Park Village East
Contemp. address:4 Gothic Cottages
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Chisholm, Archibald Hugh Tennent (1902-1992)
Brief:Businessman with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and journalist who was editor of the Financial Times
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Gainsborough Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1947-1968
Notes:
  
Name:Chisholm, Archibald Hugh Tennent (1902-1992)
Brief:Businessman with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and journalist who was editor of the Financial Times
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 St Mark's Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1902
Notes:
  
Name:Chitty, Joseph (1775-1841)
Brief:Barrister and legal writer, author of more than twenty legal books
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Conway Street
Contemp. address:18 Southampton Street
Resident:1841
Notes:
  
Name:Chitty, Sir Joseph William (1828-1899)
Brief:Judge and politician, nicknamed 'Mr Justice Chatty'
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Calthorpe Street
Contemp. address:5 Calthorpe Street
Resident:1828-1829
Notes:
  
Name:Chitty, Thomas (1802-1878)
Brief:Lawyer and legal writer, trained a large number of eminent lawyers, including two lord chancellors
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:104 Gower Street
Contemp. address:9 Upper Gower Street
Resident:1836-1865
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Christian, Ewan (1814-1895)
Brief:Architect who designed the National Portrait Gallery, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and RIBA President
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:45 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:44 Bloomsbury Square
Resident:1842-1847
Notes:
  
Name:Christian, Ewan (1814-1895)
Brief:Architect who designed the National Portrait Gallery, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and RIBA President
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1848-1851
Notes:
  
Name:Christian, Ewan (1814-1895)
Brief:Architect who designed the National Portrait Gallery, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and RIBA President
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Eton Villas
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:
  
Name:Christian, Ewan (1814-1895)
Brief:Architect who designed the National Portrait Gallery, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and RIBA President
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:50 Well Walk
Contemp. address:Thwaitehead
Resident:1883-1895
Notes:
  
Name:Christian, Ewan (1814-1895)
Brief:Architect who designed the National Portrait Gallery, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and RIBA President
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:168 Haverstock Hill
Contemp. address:3 Oak Villas
Resident:1861-1883
Notes:
  
Name:Christiana [née Sutherland], Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863-1935)
Brief:Fashion designer (Lucile) and Titanic survivor who originated the "mannequin parade", slit skirts and low necklines
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Villas on the Heath, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932-1935
Notes:
  
Name:Christie [née Miller], Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa (1890-1976)
Brief:Writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, many featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, 'The Mousetrap'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flats 17 & 22, Isokon, Lawn Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1941-1947
Notes:
  
Name:Christopher, Alfred Millard William (1820-1913)
Brief:Evangelical clergyman and cricketer who played for U. Cambridge
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Coram Street
Contemp. address:14 Great Coram Street
Resident:1820-1824
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Christopherson, Stanley (1861-1949)
Brief:Amateur cricketer, appeared 50 times for Kent, President of the Marylebone Cricket Club
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939
Notes:
  
Name:Church, James Anthony [Tony] (1930-2008)
Brief:Actor, founder member of the new Royal Shakespeare Company, Dean of the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, Colorado
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 East Heath Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1963-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Church, James Anthony [Tony] (1930-2008)
Brief:Actor, founder member of the new Royal Shakespeare Company, Dean of the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, Colorado
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Trinity Court, Gray's Inn Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952-1953
Notes:
  
Name:Church, Richard Thomas (1893-1972)
Brief:Poet and writer of a popular 3 volume autobiography
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1940
Notes:
  
Name:Cibber [née Arne], Susannah Maria (1714-1766)
Brief:Singer and actress who was immensely popular, Handel wrote numerous parts especially for her
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Wild Court
Contemp. address:
Resident:1737
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Brief:Actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate, best suited to comic roles
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Southampton Place
Contemp. address:Southampton Street
Resident:1671
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Cibber, Theophilus (1703-1758)
Brief:Actor, playwright, author and theatre manager, guilty of appalling behaviour in both business and private life
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Wild Court
Contemp. address:
Resident:1737
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Claessen, George (1909-1999)
Brief:Artist and poet whose art was characterised by his mystical outlook and beliefs, founding member of the Colombo '43 Group
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Spencer Rise
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962-1972
Notes:
  
Name:Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane [Claire] (1798-1879)
Brief:Member of the Shelley-Byron circle. Her letters from Shelley are subject of 'The Aspern Papers' by Henry James
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Oakshott Court
Contemp. address:27 The Polygon
Resident:1801-1807
Notes:Later at No.29, both demolished
  
Name:Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane [Claire] (1798-1879)
Brief:Member of the Shelley-Byron circle. Her letters from Shelley are subject of 'The Aspern Papers' by Henry James
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Pancras Road
Contemp. address:5 Church Terrace
Resident:1814
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane [Claire] (1798-1879)
Brief:Member of the Shelley-Byron circle. Her letters from Shelley are subject of 'The Aspern Papers' by Henry James
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Osnaburgh Street
Contemp. address:26 Osnaburgh Street
Resident:1847-1848
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clark, (Thomas) Edward (1888-1962)
Brief:Conductor and music producer for the BBC, champion of contemporary classical music
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Fitzroy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939-1942
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clark, (Thomas) Edward (1888-1962)
Brief:Conductor and music producer for the BBC, champion of contemporary classical music
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Fitzroy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1942-1958
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clark, (Thomas) Edward (1888-1962)
Brief:Conductor and music producer for the BBC, champion of contemporary classical music
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:76A Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962
Notes:
  
Name:Clark, Edwin (1814-1894)
Brief:Civil engineer, worked on the Menai Bridge and Anderton Boat Lift, several patents for telegraph apparatus
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol21/pt3/pp78-84
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:104 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1877
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clark, James (~1737-1819)
Brief:Physician who published a treatise on yellow fever
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:~60 Hatton Garden
Contemp. address:
Resident:1819
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie, Baron Clark (1903-1983)
Brief:Art historian, director of the Ashmolean Museum and the National Gallery, and broadcaster (especially 'Civilisation')
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Capo di Monte, Windmill Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1941-1943
Notes:
  
Name:Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie, Baron Clark (1903-1983)
Brief:Art historian, director of the Ashmolean Museum and the National Gallery, and broadcaster (especially 'Civilisation')
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Upper Terrace House, Upper Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1945-1952
Notes:
  
Name:Clarke, Mary Anne (1776-1852)
Brief:Mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Bedford Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1808
Notes:
  
Name:Clarke, Mary Anne (1776-1852)
Brief:Mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Tavistock Place
Contemp. address:31 Tavistock Place
Resident:1803
Notes:Demolished, Marchmont Association plaque
  
Name:Clarke, Sir Edward George (1841-1931)
Brief:Barrister and politician, considered one of the leading advocates of the late Victorian era. Represented Oscar Wilde in his ill-advised prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel.
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1883-1901
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clarke, Sir Fred (1880-1952)
Brief:Educationist and writer, Director of the Institute of Education in the University of London, first chairman of the Central Advisory Council for Education
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:33 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952
Notes:
  
Name:Clarke, Sir Thomas (1703-1764)
Brief:Judge, Master of the Rolls and politician
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Branch Hill House
Contemp. address:Branch Hill Lodge
Resident:1745-1764
Notes:Extensively or completely rebuilt
  
Name:Clarke, William Francis (1883-1961)
Brief:Intelligence officer and cryptographer who worked on breaking naval codes during both world wars
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1883-1901
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Claudet, Antoine François Jean (1797-1867)
Brief:Photographer and inventor. One of the first commercial photographers to use the daguerreotype and the inventor of the red darkroom safelight
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:11 Gloucester Road
Resident:1853-1867
Notes:
  
Name:Clausen, Sir George (1852-1944)
Brief:One of the foremost modern painters of landscape and of peasant life, a founding member of the New English Art Club, war artist and Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:89 William Road
Contemp. address:8 William Street
Resident:1852
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clausen, Sir George (1852-1944)
Brief:One of the foremost modern painters of landscape and of peasant life, a founding member of the New English Art Club, war artist and Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 The Mall Studios
Contemp. address:
Resident:1878-1882
Notes:
  
Name:Claxton, Marshall (1813-1881)
Brief:Genre, landscape and portrait painter who travelled to Australia and India to sell his pictures
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Fitzroy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Claxton, Marshall (1813-1881)
Brief:Genre, landscape and portrait painter who travelled to Australia and India to sell his pictures
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Conway Street
Contemp. address:6 Southampton Street
Resident:1842-1847
Notes:
  
Name:Claxton, Timothy (1790-1848)
Brief:Founded the London Mechanics' Institute and the Boston Mechanics' Institute (Boston, MA)
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Memoir_of_a_Mechanic/pcxFAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Harrington Street
Contemp. address:27 Harrington Street North
Resident:1841-1848
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clayden, Peter William (1827-1902)
Brief:Nonconformist and liberal journalist and author who wrote for and edited the Daily News, St Pancras alderman
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Upper Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1898-1902
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clayden, Peter William (1827-1902)
Brief:Nonconformist and liberal journalist and author who wrote for and edited the Daily News, St Pancras alderman
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1869-1895
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clayre, Alasdair George Stuart (1935-1984)
Brief:Author, broadcaster, singer-songwriter, and academic
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:38 West Hill Court, Millfield Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1973-1984
Notes:
  
Name:Clayton, John Richard (1827-1913)
Brief:Stained glass and mosaic 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:33 Camden Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1859-1866
Notes:
  
Name:Clayton, John Richard (1827-1913)
Brief:Stained glass and mosaic 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:11 Fairfax Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1913
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clegg, Samuel (1781-1861)
Brief:Civil and gas engineer, made important developments in the production and distribution of coal gas
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Regent Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1847-1855
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clegg, Samuel (1781-1861)
Brief:Civil and gas engineer, made important developments in the production and distribution of coal gas
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Adelaide Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832)
Brief:Composer, pianist, conductor, music publisher and piano manufacturer
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Alfred Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1814
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cleverly, Charles St George (1817-1897)
Brief:Surveyor General in Hong Kong, remembered for the construction of Government House
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:84 Avenue Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1895-1897
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clift, William (1775-1849)
Brief:Museum curator and scientific illustrator, conservator of the Hunterian Museum
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:79, Mornington Terrace
Contemp. address:Stanhope Cottage
Resident:1842-1849
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cline, Henry (1750-1827)
Brief:Surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1798-1827
Notes:
  
Name:Clint, Alfred (1807-1883)
Brief:Marine painter who became president of the Society of British Artists
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Clint, George (1770-1854)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Provost Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851-1853
Notes:
  
Name:Clint, Alfred (1807-1883)
Brief:Marine painter who became president of the Society of British Artists
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Clint, George (1770-1854)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13A Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:Gloucester House, Downshire Hill
Resident:1847-1850
Notes:
  
Name:Clint, Alfred (1807-1883)
Brief:Marine painter who became president of the Society of British Artists
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Clint, George (1770-1854)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Robert Street
Contemp. address:42 Robert Street
Resident:1835-1846
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clint, George (1770-1854)
Brief:Theatrical genre painter and engraver
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Gower Street
Contemp. address:83 Gower Street
Resident:1817-1835
Notes:Family home of Clint, Alfred (1807-1883)
  
Name:Clint, George (1770-1854)
Brief:Theatrical genre painter and engraver
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1850
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clint, George (1770-1854)
Brief:Theatrical genre painter and engraver
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:208 Tottenham Court Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1807
Notes:Demolished, family home of Clint, Alfred (1807-1883)
  
Name:Clive [née Raftor], Catherine [Kitty] (1711-1785)
Brief:Singer, actress and comedienne who led and created new forms of English musical theatre
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:59 Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1743-1747
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774)
Brief:Army officer, administrator and politician, a controversial figure known as 'Clive of India', first British Governor of the Bengal
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Queen Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1754-1755
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861)
Brief:Poet ('Say not the struggle naught availeth')
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 St Mark's Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1854-1859
Notes:EH blue plaque
  
Name:Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861)
Brief:Poet ('Say not the struggle naught availeth')
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:University Hall
Resident:1849-1852
Notes:
  
Name:Coates, Eric [formerly Frank Harrison Coates] (1886-1957)
Brief:Violinist and composer of light music, 'By the Sleepy Lagoon' is the theme for 'Desert Island Discs'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:84 Kilburn High Road
Contemp. address:84 High Road, Kilburn
Resident:1906
Notes:
  
Name:Coates, Eric [formerly Frank Harrison Coates] (1886-1957)
Brief:Violinist and composer of light music, 'By the Sleepy Lagoon' is the theme for 'Desert Island Discs'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Douglas Court, Quex Road
Contemp. address:8 Douglas Mansions
Resident:1913-1915
Notes:
  
Name:Coates, Wells Wintemute (1895-1958)
Brief:Architect, designer and writer, his most notable work is the Modernist block of flats known as the Isokon building in Hampstead
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Doughty Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1927
Notes:
  
Name:Coates, Wells Wintemute (1895-1958)
Brief:Architect, designer and writer, his most notable work is the Modernist block of flats known as the Isokon building in Hampstead
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12B Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1931-1935
Notes:
  
Name:Cobb, Frederick Arthur (1901-1950)
Brief:Labour MP and radio maintenance engineer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 Bloomsbury Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1950
Notes:
  
Name:Cobbett, Edward John (1815-1899)
Brief:Painter of idyllic rustic scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://victorianweb.org/painting/misc/cobbett.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:212 North Gower Street
Contemp. address:52 George Street
Resident:1840-1846
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cobbett, Edward John (1815-1899)
Brief:Painter of idyllic rustic scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://victorianweb.org/painting/misc/cobbett.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Oakley Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1857-1885
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cobbett, Edward John (1815-1899)
Brief:Painter of idyllic rustic scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://victorianweb.org/painting/misc/cobbett.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Hawley Road
Contemp. address:23 Hawley Road
Resident:1853-1857
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James (1840-1922)
Brief:Bookbinder associated with the Arts and Crafts movement who threw the Doves Type along with its punches and matrices into the Thames
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Frognal
Contemp. address:
Resident:1895-1897
Notes:
  
Name:Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James (1840-1922)
Brief:Bookbinder associated with the Arts and Crafts movement who threw the Doves Type along with its punches and matrices into the Thames
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Eldon Grove
Contemp. address:9 Eldon Road
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Cobham, Sir Alan John (1894-1973)
Brief:Aviation pioneer and author who made a 5,000-mile air tour of Europe in 1921 and won many flying trophies
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Buckland Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1925-1927
Notes:
  
Name:Cobham, Sir Alan John (1894-1973)
Brief:Aviation pioneer and author who made a 5,000-mile air tour of Europe in 1921 and won many flying trophies
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Frognal Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930
Notes:
  
Name:Cockayne, Thomas Oswald (1807-1873)
Brief:Clergyman and philologist who published a 3 volume collection of Old English medical texts
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Montague Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1857-1869
Notes:
  
Name:Cockayne, Thomas Oswald (1807-1873)
Brief:Clergyman and philologist who published a 3 volume collection of Old English medical texts
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Howland Street
Contemp. address:11 Howland Street
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863)
Brief:Architect and Antiquary (Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1858-1863
Notes:EH blue plaque
  
Name:Cockerell, Douglas Bennett (1870-1945)
Brief:Bookbinder and author of 'Bookbinding and the Care of Books', still the basic handbook of craft bookbinding
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Gilbert Place
Contemp. address:29 Gilbert Street
Resident:1899-1902
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cockerell, Douglas Bennett (1870-1945)
Brief:Bookbinder and author of 'Bookbinding and the Care of Books', still the basic handbook of craft bookbinding
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Denmark Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1897-1899
Notes:
  
Name:Cockle, James (1782-1854)
Brief:Surgeon and inventor of 'family antibilious pills' which he claimed were taken by 7 dukes, 56 lesser peers, 1 archbishop,14 bishops and 5 current cabinet ministers
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Great Ormond Street
Contemp. address:18 New Ormond Street
Resident:1841-1854
Notes:
  
Name:Coffin, Albert Isaiah (1790-1866)
Brief:Medical botanist who claimed to have learnt of remedies from native Americans
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:24 Montague Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1852-1866
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coggan, (Frederick) Donald, Baron Coggan (1909-2000)
Brief:Archbishop of Canterbury who held progressive views and presided over the production of the New English Bible
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Croftdown Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1909-1925
Notes:
  
Name:Cohen, Harriet Pearl Alice (1895-1967)
Brief:Pianist, leading composers wrote for her, particularly Arnold Bax, VP of the Women's Freedom League and associated with the Jewish National Fund
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Minster Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901
Notes:
  
Name:Cohen, Harriet Pearl Alice (1895-1967)
Brief:Pianist, leading composers wrote for her, particularly Arnold Bax, VP of the Women's Freedom League and associated with the Jewish National Fund
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Weech Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1911
Notes:
  
Name:Cohen, Harriet Pearl Alice (1895-1967)
Brief:Pianist, leading composers wrote for her, particularly Arnold Bax, VP of the Women's Freedom League and associated with the Jewish National Fund
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32A Winchester Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1921-1922
Notes:
  
Name:Cohen, Kenneth Herman Salaman (1900-1984)
Brief:Intelligence officer, a senior officer in the Secret Intelligence Service
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Lower Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1900-1910
Notes:
  
Name:Cohen, Raymond Hyam (1919-2011)
Brief:Violinist, professor at the Royal College of Music, guest-led many of the UK's leading orchestras
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Alvanley Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:196-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Coit, Stanton George (1857-1944)
Brief:Leader of the Ethical movement who founded the society known today as Humanists UK.
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9-10 Leighton Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1891
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cokayne, George Edward (1825-1911)
Brief:Genealogist who rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms at the College of Arms and wrote 'The Complete Peerage' and 'The Complete Baronetage'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:64 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1825
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coke, Thomas, earl of Leicester (1697-1759)
Brief:Politician, land-owner, patron of the arts, builder of Holkham Hall in Norfolk.
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:100-102 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:Thanet House
Resident:1729-1759
Notes:Much altered
  
Name:Coldstream, Sir William Menzies (1908-1987)
Brief:Artist and arts administrator (co-founder of the Euston Road School)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Garlinge Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1910
Notes:
  
Name:Coldstream, Sir William Menzies (1908-1987)
Brief:Artist and arts administrator (co-founder of the Euston Road School)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near St Edmunds Terrace
Contemp. address:Guinness Court, St Edmunds Terrace
Resident:1987
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coldstream, Sir William Menzies (1908-1987)
Brief:Artist and arts administrator (co-founder of the Euston Road School)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:87 Marlborough Mansions, Cannon Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1946-1961
Notes:
  
Name:Coldstream, Sir William Menzies (1908-1987)
Brief:Artist and arts administrator (co-founder of the Euston Road School)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:38 Upper Park Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1937
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coldstream, Sir William Menzies (1908-1987)
Brief:Artist and arts administrator (co-founder of the Euston Road School)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Provost Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939
Notes:
  
Name:Coldstream, Sir William Menzies (1908-1987)
Brief:Artist and arts administrator (co-founder of the Euston Road School)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Regent Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932
Notes:
  
Name:Cole, George Douglas Howard (1889-1959)
Brief:Political theorist, economist and historian. Prolific author of non-fiction relating to socialism and co-author with wife Margaret of detective fiction
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Parsifal Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930-1933
Notes:
  
Name:Cole, Maurice (1902-1990)
Brief:Concert pianist and piano teacher, the first pianist to broadcast a recital on the BBC
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Villas on the Heath, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1947-1970
Notes:
  
Name:Cole, Sir Henry (1808-1882)
Brief:Commissioner for the 1851 Great Exhibition, helped establish forerunners of the V&A, Royal College of Music and Imperial College
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Elm Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1879-1880
Notes:Hampstead Plaque Fund plaque on garage
  
Name:Coleridge, Henry Nelson (1798-1843)
Brief:Barrister and writer, editor of the works of his uncle Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1829-1837
Notes:Family home of Coleridge, Sara (1802-1852) and Coleridge, Herbert (1830-1861)
  
Name:Coleridge, Henry Nelson (1798-1843)
Brief:Barrister and writer, editor of the works of his uncle Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Chester Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1837-1843
Notes:
  
Name:Coleridge, Herbert (1830-1861)
Brief:Philologist, editor of the forerunner of the Oxford English Dictionary
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Chester Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1837-1861
Notes:
  
Name:Coleridge, John Duke, first Baron Coleridge (1820-1894)
Brief:Judge and politician who served as Solicitor-General for England, Attorney-General for England, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Sandwich Street
Contemp. address:7 Hadlow Street
Resident:1820
Notes:
  
Name:Coleridge, John Duke, first Baron Coleridge (1820-1894)
Brief:Judge and politician who served as Solicitor-General for England, Attorney-General for England, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:65 Torrington Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1825
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
Brief:Poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian. One of the founders of the Romantic Movement and a member of the Lake Poets.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 The Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1823-1834
Notes:St Pancras memorial plaque
  
Name:Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
Brief:Poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian. One of the founders of the Romantic Movement and a member of the Lake Poets.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Moreton House, 14 South Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1816-1823
Notes:
  
Name:Coleridge, Sara (1802-1852)
Brief:Author, translator and literary editor for father Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Chester Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1837-1852
Notes:
  
Name:Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)
Brief:Composer and conductor, best known for his three cantatas on Longfellow's poem 'The Song of Hiawatha'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~63 Theobalds Road
Contemp. address:15 Theobalds Road
Resident:1875
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coley, Henry (1633-1704)
Brief:Astrologer and mathematician who published an annual almanac
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:near Baldwin's Gardens
Contemp. address:Baldwin's Court
Resident:1663-1704
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Collcutt, Thomas Edward (1840-1924)
Brief:Architect of the Savoy Hotel, Lloyd's Register of Shipping and the Palace Theatre
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1878-1881
Notes:Demolished. Still in his name in 1920 but probably just used as offices
  
Name:Colles, Henry Cope (1879-1943)
Brief:Chief music critic of The Times for 32 years, music lexicographer, writer on music and organist, editor of Grove's Dictionary
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Douglas Court, Quex Road
Contemp. address:6 Douglas Mansions
Resident:1910-1912
Notes:
  
Name:Colles, Henry Cope (1879-1943)
Brief:Chief music critic of The Times for 32 years, music lexicographer, writer on music and organist, editor of Grove's Dictionary
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:116 King Henry's Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1905-1907
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Colles, Henry Cope (1879-1943)
Brief:Chief music critic of The Times for 32 years, music lexicographer, writer on music and organist, editor of Grove's Dictionary
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18A Belsize Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1915
Notes:
  
Name:Collet, Sophia Dobson (1822-1894)
Brief:Writer and campaigner for women's rights who also had an interest in the Brahmo Samaj, the Hindu reform movement
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Euston Road
Contemp. address:5 Judd Place East
Resident:1822
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collier, John Maler (1850-1934)
Brief:One of the leading portrait painters of his time, 1100 pictures are recorded in his sitter book, of which 800 are portraits.
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:North House, 69 Eton Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901-1934
Notes:
  
Name:Collier, John Payne (1789-1883)
Brief:Literary editor, secretary to the Royal Commission on the British Museum, who forged and mutilated documents relating to William Shakespeare
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Euston Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1834-1839
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collier, John Payne (1789-1883)
Brief:Literary editor, secretary to the Royal Commission on the British Museum, who forged and mutilated documents relating to William Shakespeare
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:46 Judd Street
Contemp. address:23 Hunter Street
Resident:1826-1832
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collier, Leslie Harold (1921-2011)
Brief:Virologist whose method of vaccine production played a large role in enabling the WHO to eradicate smallpox
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Peto Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1996-2011
Notes:
  
Name:Collier, Thomas (1840-1891)
Brief:Landscape painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Hampstead Hill Gardens
Contemp. address:Etherow, Hampstead Hill Gardens
Resident:1880-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Collier, Thomas (1840-1891)
Brief:Landscape painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Camden Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collings, Albert Henry (1868-1947)
Brief:Painter in oils, water-colour and pastel who specialised in figure subjects and portraits
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Woodchurch Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1923-1938
Notes:
  
Name:Collings, Albert Henry (1868-1947)
Brief:Painter in oils, water-colour and pastel who specialised in figure subjects and portraits
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Great Ormond Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1896-1904
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889)
Brief:Novelist and playwright known especially for 'The Woman in White', and 'The Moonstone'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Collins, William John Thomas (1787-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Howland Street
Contemp. address:22 Howland Street
Resident:1856-1858
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889)
Brief:Novelist and playwright known especially for 'The Woman in White', and 'The Moonstone'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Collins, William John Thomas (1787-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:65 Albany Street
Contemp. address:124 Albany Street
Resident:1859
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Charlotte Louisa [Lottie] (1865-1910)
Brief:Music-hall entertainer, most famous for introducing the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!"
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:134 Albany Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1910
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collins, Edward Treacher (1862-1932)
Brief:Opthalmologist who published over 150 papers and wrote 'History and Traditions of the Moorfields Eye Hospital'
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Albert Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1862-1881
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Jacqueline Jill (Jackie) (1937-2015)
Brief:Novelist and actress whose books have sold more than 500 million copies
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Hillcrest Court, Shoot-up Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1938
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Jacqueline Jill (Jackie) (1937-2015)
Brief:Novelist and actress whose books have sold more than 500 million copies
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Oak Hill Lodge, Oak Hill Way
Contemp. address:
Resident:1964
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, John (1625-1683)
Brief:Mathematician and accountant whose papers are an important source for the study of Restoration science
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Barter Street
Contemp. address:Bloomsbury Market
Resident:1671
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Collins, John Churton (1848-1908)
Brief:Teacher and advocate of the academic study of English literature who published more than twenty books and had a "mania for facts and details about famous men"
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collins, John Churton (1848-1908)
Brief:Teacher and advocate of the academic study of English literature who published more than twenty books and had a "mania for facts and details about famous men"
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:61 Torrington Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1891
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collins, Norman Richard (1907-1982)
Brief:Writer and radio and television executive, a major figure behind Independent Television, best known book 'London Belongs to me'
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Mulberry House, 12A Church Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1977-1982
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Norman Richard (1907-1982)
Brief:Writer and radio and television executive, a major figure behind Independent Television, best known book 'London Belongs to me'
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:119 Heath Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1934-1937
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Norman Richard (1907-1982)
Brief:Writer and radio and television executive, a major figure behind Independent Television, best known book 'London Belongs to me'
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Lady Somerset Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1911
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Pauline Angela (1940-2025)
Brief:Actress and writer, best known for playing the title role in 'Shirley Valentine'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Redington Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1980-2011
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, Sir William Job (1859-1946)
Brief:Ophthalmic surgeon, anti-vaccinationist and Liberal politician who represented St Pancras on the LCC and in Parliament
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:46 Gloucester Road
Resident:1859-1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Collins, Sir William Job (1859-1946)
Brief:Ophthalmic surgeon, anti-vaccinationist and Liberal politician who represented St Pancras on the LCC and in Parliament
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Albert Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861-1946
Notes:
  
Name:Collins, William John Thomas (1787-1847)
Brief:Landscape and genre painter, librarian to the Royal Academy where he was a frequent exhibitor
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Pond Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1826-1829
Notes:Location uncertain, family home of Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889)
  
Name:Collins, William John Thomas (1787-1847)
Brief:Landscape and genre painter, librarian to the Royal Academy where he was a frequent exhibitor
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Hampstead Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1829-1830
Notes:Location uncertain, family home of Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889)
  
Name:Collyer, Joseph, the younger (1748-1827)
Brief:Engraver who contributed to Boydell's Shakspeare Gallery, portrait engraver to Queen Charlotte
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:314 Gray's Inn Road
Contemp. address:8 Constitution Row
Resident:1797-1827
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Colnett, James (1753-1806)
Brief:Naval officer who served under James Cook, explorer and fur trader. His arrest was a key event in the Nootka Sound crisis
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Great Ormond Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1806
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Colquhoun, Alan Harold (1921-2012)
Brief:Architect, historian, critic and teacher, co-founder of Miller and Colquhoun
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Flat 21, Isokon, Lawn Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956-1962
Notes:
  
Name:Colquhoun, Alan Harold (1921-2012)
Brief:Architect, historian, critic and teacher, co-founder of Miller and Colquhoun
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:96 Regent's Park Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1965-1984
Notes:
  
Name:Colvin, Sir Sidney (1845-1927)
Brief:Slade Professor of Fine Art, literary scholar, Keeper of Prints and Drawings 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:1891-1911
Notes:
  
Name:Colvin, Sir Sidney (1845-1927)
Brief:Slade Professor of Fine Art, literary scholar, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Mount Vernon
Contemp. address:Abernethy House
Resident:1873
Notes:
  
Name:Combe, Charles (1743-1817)
Brief:Physician and numismatist who collected Roman coins, mezzotint prints and rare medical books
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Bloomsbury Way
Contemp. address:2 Vernon Place
Resident:1817
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Combe, Charles (1743-1817)
Brief:Physician and numismatist who collected Roman coins, mezzotint prints and rare medical books
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Southampton Place
Contemp. address:Southampton Street
Resident:1743
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Combe, Harvey Christian (1752-1818)
Brief:Brewer, Lord Mayor of London, MP for the City of London.
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:100-101 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:110 Great Russell Street
Resident:1791-1811
Notes:Much altered
  
Name:Comont or Caumont, Mathilde (1886-1938)
Brief:Film actress, mainly silent movies
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
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Address:Flat 44, Bedford Court Mansions
Contemp. address:
Resident:1911
Notes:
  
Name:Compton, Fay [real name Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie] (1894-1978)
Brief:Stage and film actress who appeared in Shakespeare, drawing room comedy, pantomime, modern drama, and classics such as Ibsen and Chekhov
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Well Walk
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932
Notes:
  
Name:Compton, Fay [real name Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie] (1894-1978)
Brief:Stage and film actress who appeared in Shakespeare, drawing room comedy, pantomime, modern drama, and classics such as Ibsen and Chekhov
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:58 Cumberland Terrace
Contemp. address:32 Cumberland Terrace
Resident:1932
Notes:
  
Name:Compton, Fay [real name Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie] (1894-1978)
Brief:Stage and film actress who appeared in Shakespeare, drawing room comedy, pantomime, modern drama, and classics such as Ibsen and Chekhov
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35A Mecklenburgh Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933-1935
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Compton, George, 4th Earl of Northampton (1664-1727)
Brief:British peer and politician
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
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Address:17 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1688-1727
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Condé, Pierre (1767-1840)
Brief:Printmaker and miniature painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
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Address:122 Bayham Street
Contemp. address:3 Bayham Street
Resident:1824
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Congreve, Richard (1818-1899)
Brief:Positivist who founded the London Positivist Society and, after a schism, founded the Comtist Church of Humanity
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Mecklenburgh Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1873-1881
Notes:
  
Name:Conlon, Gerard Patrick [Gerry] (1954-2014)
Brief:One of the Guildford Four who spent 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of planting an IRA bomb
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Conway House, Quex Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1974
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Connelly, Reginald John (1895-1963)
Brief:Song writer and music publisher in partnership with Jimmy Campbell, hits include "Show Me the Way to Go Home" and "Try a Little Tenderness"
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Fitzroy Lodge, Fitzroy Park
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1940
Notes:
  
Name:Connolly, Cyril Vernon (1903-1974)
Brief:Writer (Enemies of Promise, The Unquiet Grave) and critic, editor of the literary magazine Horizon,
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1942-1945
Notes:
  
Name:Connor, Edric Esclus (1913-1968)
Brief:Actor and calypso singer, the first black actor to perform for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Crediton Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Conran, Terence (1931-2020)
Brief: Designer, restaurateur, retailer, and writer
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Regent's Park Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952-1962
Notes:
  
Name:Conran, Terence (1931-2020)
Brief: Designer, restaurateur, retailer, and writer
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Fitzroy Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1963-1968
Notes:
  
Name:Conran, Terence (1931-2020)
Brief: Designer, restaurateur, retailer, and writer
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 St Andrew's Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1966-1978
Notes:
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 Well Walk
Contemp. address:6 Well Walk
Resident:1827-1834
Notes:LCC blue plaque
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Lower Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1821, 1822
Notes:Hampstead Plaque Fund plaque
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1817-1822
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:76 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:35 Charlotte Street
Resident:1822-1837
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:85 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:63 Charlotte Street
Resident:1811-1817
Notes:
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1807-1809
Notes:
  
Name:Constable, John (1776-1837)
Brief:Very popular painter of English landscape (e.g. Dedham Vale, The Hay Wain)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25-26 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:1 Langham Place
Resident:1826
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Constantine, Learie Nicholas, Baron Constantine (1901-1971)
Brief:Cricketer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the UK and became the UK's first black peer
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Kendal Court, Shoot-up Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1964-1971
Notes:Nubian Jak plaque
  
Name:Conti, Italia Emily Stella (1873-1946)
Brief:Actress and the founder of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Russell Mansions, 144 Southampton Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937-1945
Notes:
  
Name:Cook, Edward Dutton (1829-1883)
Brief:Theatre critic and author, furnished the dramatic and theatrical lives for the letter A in the DNB
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Grenville Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1829
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cook, Edward Dutton (1829-1883)
Brief:Theatre critic and author, furnished the dramatic and theatrical lives for the letter A in the DNB
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:69 Gloucester Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1883
Notes:
  
Name:Cook, Henry (1642-1700)
Brief:Decorative painter (e.g. the ceiling of the board room of the New River Company in Islington)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1700
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Cook, Peter Edward (1937-1995)
Brief:Comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Perrin's Walk
Contemp. address:
Resident:1974-1995
Notes:
  
Name:Cook, Peter Edward (1937-1995)
Brief:Comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Church Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1965-1969
Notes:
  
Name:Cook, Peter Edward (1937-1995)
Brief:Comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Kenwood Cottage, 24 Millfield Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1970-1973
Notes:
  
Name:Cook, Thomas (1808-1892)
Brief:Businessman who founded the eponymous travel agent
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:59 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1862-1875
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooke, Thomas Potter (1786-1864)
Brief:Actor whose most conspicuous success was as William in Douglas Jerrold's Black-Eyed Susan
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:38 Woburn Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1857-1863
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooke, William Bernard (1778-1855)
Brief:Eldest member of a family of engravers, artists, and publishers. His most important work was the "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England"
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Greville Street
Contemp. address:Charles Street
Resident:1778
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Cooke, William Bernard (1778-1855)
Brief:Eldest member of a family of engravers, artists, and publishers. His most important work was the "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England"
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Euston Road
Contemp. address:13 Judd Place East
Resident:1819
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooley, William Desborough (1794-1883)
Brief:Geographer with a particular interest in Africa
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:55 Crowndale Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1879-1883
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooley, William Desborough (1794-1883)
Brief:Geographer with a particular interest in Africa
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 College Place
Contemp. address:13 College Place
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooley, William Desborough (1794-1883)
Brief:Geographer with a particular interest in Africa
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~13 Southampton Row
Contemp. address:33 King Street
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper [née Manners], Diana Olivia Winifred Maud (1892-1986)
Brief:Actress, society hostess and author
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:90 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1920-1941
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, (Alfred) Duff, first Viscount Norwich (1890-1954)
Brief:Politician, diplomat, military and political historian who resigned from the cabinet over the Munich agreement
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:90 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1920-1941
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, Abraham (1787-1868)
Brief:Military and animal painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Kirk Street
Contemp. address:10 Robert Street
Resident:1813-1816
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, Abraham (1787-1868)
Brief:Military and animal painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:41 Millman Street
Contemp. address:6 New Millman Street
Resident:1817
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, Abraham (1787-1868)
Brief:Military and animal painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:52 Millman Street
Contemp. address:19 New Millman Street
Resident:1839-1866
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, Alexander Davis (1820-1895)
Brief:Painter of landscapes, animals and genre scenes from Shakespeare
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://artuk.org/discover/artists/cooper-alexander-davis-18201895
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Murray Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851-1855
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Alexander Davis (1820-1895)
Brief:Painter of landscapes, animals and genre scenes from Shakespeare
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://artuk.org/discover/artists/cooper-alexander-davis-18201895
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 St Augustine's Road
Contemp. address:12 St Augustine's Road
Resident:1855-1861
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Alexander Davis (1820-1895)
Brief:Painter of landscapes, animals and genre scenes from Shakespeare
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://artuk.org/discover/artists/cooper-alexander-davis-18201895
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:103 Gower Street
Contemp. address:45 Upper Gower Street
Resident:1861-1895
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Dame Gladys Constance (1888-1971)
Brief:Actress, theatre manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Cumberland Terrace
Contemp. address:18 Cumberland Terrace
Resident:1915-1919
Notes:Rebuilt as flats behind facade
  
Name:Cooper, Dame Gladys Constance (1888-1971)
Brief:Actress, theatre manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1-2 The Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1929-1935
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Dame Gladys Constance (1888-1971)
Brief:Actress, theatre manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Elsworthy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1938
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Lettice Ulpha (1897-1994)
Brief:Writer, one of the founders of the Writers' Action Group
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:95 Canfield Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1959-1984
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Lettice Ulpha (1897-1994)
Brief:Writer, one of the founders of the Writers' Action Group
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:229 Goldhurst Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1948-1959
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Robert Peter (1773-1828)
Brief:Engraver, his best-known work is his version of the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:~66 Camden High Street
Contemp. address:9 Upper Pratt Place
Resident:1823
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, Sir (Thomas) Edwin (1874-1942)
Brief:Architect who designed Marylebone Town Hall and Library, Port of London Authority building and the offices of Lloyd's (mostly demolished)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Verulam Buildings
Contemp. address:
Resident:1927-1942
Notes:
  
Name:Cooper, Thomas Frederick [Tommy] (1921-1984)
Brief:Comedian and conjuror who wore a red fez when performing and died on stage
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Brunswick Centre
Contemp. address:Flat 2, Waverley House, Kenton Street
Resident:1952-1955
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cooper, William Durrant (1812-1875)
Brief:Lawyer and antiquary, solicitor to the vestry of St. Pancras
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:81 Guilford Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851-1875
Notes:
  
Name:Copley, John (1875-1950)
Brief:Painter and lithographer, co-founder of the Senefelder Club, the oldest recipient of any Olympic medal
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Hampstead Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1921-1950
Notes:
  
Name:Copley, Peter (1915-2008)
Brief:Actor on stage and screen for over 70 years
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Hampstead Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1921-1939
Notes:
  
Name:Copley, Sir Godfrey, second baronet (1653-1709)
Brief:Landowner, art-collector and Tory politician whose bequest of £100 to the Royal Society provided the funding for the prestigious Copley Medal
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1709
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Copping, Harold (1863-1932)
Brief:Illustrator of books, especially Biblical scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Leighton Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Copping, Harold (1863-1932)
Brief:Illustrator of books, especially Biblical scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Camley Street
Contemp. address:13 Queen's Road
Resident:1863
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Copping, Harold (1863-1932)
Brief:Illustrator of books, especially Biblical scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Lady Somerset Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1887
Notes:
  
Name:Corbett, Ronald Balfour [Ronnie] (1930-2016)
Brief:Actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer, best remembered for 'The Two Ronnies' partnership with Ronnie Barker
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:48 Avenue Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1951-1958
Notes:
  
Name:Corbett, Ronald Balfour [Ronnie] (1930-2016)
Brief:Actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer, best remembered for 'The Two Ronnies' partnership with Ronnie Barker
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:210 Camden Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1959-1963
Notes:
  
Name:Corbould, Edward Henry (1815-1905)
Brief:Historical painter and watercolourist who was appointed instructor of historical painting to the Royal Family
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Corbould, Henry (1787-1844)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Conway Street
Contemp. address:17 Upper Southampton Street
Resident:1840-1845
Notes:
  
Name:Corbould, Edward Henry (1815-1905)
Brief:Historical painter and watercolourist who was appointed instructor of historical painting to the Royal Family
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Corbould, Henry (1787-1844)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:72 Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:6 St James's Place
Resident:1844
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Corbould, Henry (1787-1844)
Brief:Draughtsman and book illustrator, drew the image of Queen Victoria used on the Penny Black stamp
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Corbould, Richard (1757-1831)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Coram Street
Contemp. address:6 Great Coram Street
Resident:1813-1821
Notes:Demolished, family home of Corbould, Edward Henry (1815-1905)
  
Name:Corbould, Henry (1787-1844)
Brief:Draughtsman and book illustrator, drew the image of Queen Victoria used on the Penny Black stamp
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Corbould, Richard (1757-1831)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Burton Place
Contemp. address:5 Crescent Place
Resident:1823-1841
Notes:Family home of Corbould, Edward Henry (1815-1905)
  
Name:Corbould, Richard (1757-1831)
Brief:Painter of portraits, landscapes, miniatures and a prolific book illustrator
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:73 Whitfield Street
Contemp. address:68 John Street
Resident:1793-1795
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Corbould, Richard (1757-1831)
Brief:Painter of portraits, landscapes, miniatures and a prolific book illustrator
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:69 Whitfield Street
Contemp. address:70 John Street
Resident:1796-1811
Notes:Demolished, family home of Corbould, Henry (1787-1844)
  
Name:Corbould, Richard (1757-1831)
Brief:Painter of portraits, landscapes, miniatures and a prolific book illustrator
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Sandland Street
Contemp. address:7 Bedford Street
Resident:1787-1792
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coren, Alan (1938-2007)
Brief:Humourist, writer, satirist, broadcaster (The News Quiz, Call My Bluff) and editor (Punch, The Listener)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 St Katharine's Precinct
Contemp. address:
Resident:2003-2007
Notes:
  
Name:Cormack, Sir John Rose (1815-1882)
Brief:Physician, established several medical journals including the forerunner of the British Medical Journal
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861-1867
Notes:
  
Name:Cornwell, David John Moore (1931-2020)
Brief:Novelist, writing as John le Carré, best known for his best-selling espionage novels featuring George Smiley
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Gayton Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1976-1979
Notes:
  
Name:Cornwell, David John Moore (1931-2020)
Brief:Novelist, writing as John le Carré, best known for his best-selling espionage novels featuring George Smiley
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Gainsborough Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1980-2020
Notes:
  
Name:Cory, William Johnson (1823-1892)
Brief:Poet and schoolmaster (composed Eton Boating Song)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Pilgrim's Lane
Contemp. address:4 Rosslyn Villas
Resident:1891-1892
Notes:Hampstead Plaque Fund plaque
  
Name:Cory, William Johnson (1823-1892)
Brief:Poet and schoolmaster (composed Eton Boating Song)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Cannon Place
Contemp. address:1 Heathfield Gardens
Resident:1885-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Cosin, Lionel Zelick (1910-1994)
Brief:Pioneer of geriatric medicine, prolific writer and lecturer with an international reputation
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Dartmouth Park Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1994
Notes:
  
Name:Cosin, Lionel Zelick (1910-1994)
Brief:Pioneer of geriatric medicine, prolific writer and lecturer with an international reputation
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:89 Hillway, Holly Lodge Estate
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Cosin, Lionel Zelick (1910-1994)
Brief:Pioneer of geriatric medicine, prolific writer and lecturer with an international reputation
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Langland Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937-1939
Notes:
  
Name:Cosman, (Emilie Else) Milein (1921-2017)
Brief:Painter, best known for her drawings of dancers and musicians
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Keller, Hans Heinrich (1919-1985)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:54 Willow Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1948-1951
Notes:
  
Name:Costa, Sir Michael Andrew Angus (1808-1884)
Brief:Conductor and composer who helped found the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:144 Albany Street
Contemp. address:71 Albany Street
Resident:1840-1846
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cotes, Samuel (1734-1818)
Brief:Painter of miniatures and pastels
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1794-1798
Notes:
  
Name:Cotes, Samuel (1734-1818)
Brief:Painter of miniatures and pastels
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1770-1788
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842)
Brief:Marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator and author. A leading member of the Norwich School whom some consider the equal of Turner.
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:42 Hunter Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1834-1842
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Coulouris, George Alexander (1903-1989)
Brief:Actor on stage, screen and radio, a charter member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, appeared in over 80 films including 'Citizen Kane'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Chestnut Cottage, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1951-1989
Notes:
  
Name:Coulson, William (1801-1877)
Brief:Surgeon and medical writer who performed the first operation at St Mary's with John Snow administering chloroform
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1854-1877
Notes:
  
Name:Courtenay, William Reginald, 11th earl of Devon (1807-1888)
Brief:Politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and as President of the Poor Law Board
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Bedford Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1812-1814
Notes:
  
Name:Courthope, William John (1842-1917)
Brief:Poet and literary scholar, pen name Novus Homo, professor of poetry at Oxford
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1890-1906
Notes:
  
Name:Cousins, Samuel (1801-1887)
Brief:One of the most important figures in the history of British engraving
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Regent's Park Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851-1857
Notes:
  
Name:Cousins, Samuel (1801-1887)
Brief:One of the most important figures in the history of British engraving
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Camden Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1857-1887
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cousins, Samuel (1801-1887)
Brief:One of the most important figures in the history of British engraving
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Albany Street
Contemp. address:163 Albany Street
Resident:1833-1839
Notes:
  
Name:Cousins, Samuel (1801-1887)
Brief:One of the most important figures in the history of British engraving
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Osnaburgh Street
Contemp. address:15 Osnaburgh Street
Resident:1841-1847
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Brief:Poet who achieved great fame during his lifetime, one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:146 Southampton Row
Contemp. address:30 Southampton Row
Resident:1748-1752
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cowper, William, first Earl Cowper (1665-1723)
Brief:Politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:51-52 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1706-1710, 1714-1718
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cox, Sir Anthony Wakefield [Tony] (1915-1993)
Brief:Architect, one of the eleven founding partners of Architects' Co-operative Partnership, President of the Architectural Association
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Bacon's Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1960-1993
Notes:
  
Name:Crace, John (1753-1819)
Brief:Interior decorator whose family business reached its peak of popularity during the second half of C19
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:55 Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1780-1796
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Craig, (Edward Henry) Gordon (1872-1966)
Brief:Theatre actor, director, designer and wood-engraver
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901
Notes:
  
Name:Craig, Sir James Henry (1748-1812)
Brief:Army officer and governor-in-chief of British North America who fought in the American War of Independence
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:117 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:48 Charlotte Street
Resident:1812
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Craigie [née Richards], Pearl (1867-1906)
Brief:Novelist and playwright, pen name John Oliver Hobbes, 'Some Emotions and a Moral' was a sensation in its day
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Endsleigh Court, Upper Woburn Place
Contemp. address:24 Upper Woburn Place
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Craigie, Noreen Jean [Jill] (1911-1999)
Brief:Documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and feminist
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:66 Pilgrim's Lane
Contemp. address:17 Worsley Road
Resident:1964-1999
Notes:EH Blue Plaque
  
Name:Craik [née Mulock], Dinah Maria (1826-1887)
Brief:Novelist and poet, best remembered for her novel 'John Halifax, Gentleman'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Wildwood Cottage, North End
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Cramer, Franz [François] (1772-1848)
Brief:Violinist and conductor who was Master of the King's/Queen's Musick
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:6 Charlotte Street
Resident:1798-1804
Notes:
  
Name:Cramer, Franz [François] (1772-1848)
Brief:Violinist and conductor who was Master of the King's/Queen's Musick
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:82 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:37 Charlotte Street
Resident:1835-1844
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crane, Walter (1845-1915)
Brief:Designer, painter and illustrator, especially of books for children. Associated with the Arts and Crafts movement and socialist causes.
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:44 Argyle Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Cranston, Maurice William (1920-1993)
Brief:Political philosopher and writer, Professor of Political Science at the LSE, biographer of John Locke, Rousseau and Jean-Paul Sartre
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:375 Russell Court, Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1945-1946
Notes:
  
Name:Crawford, Imelda Anne (1920-1956)
Brief:Film actress, best remembered for her roles in women's pictures of the 1940s
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Northstead, North End Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956
Notes:
  
Name:Crawfurd, Sir Raymond Henry Payne (1865-1938)
Brief:Physician with a keen interest in the history of medicine
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1921-1938
Notes:
  
Name:Crawshay, George (1821-1896)
Brief:Ironmaster and politician. In the mid-1840s, his ironworks was the largest on Tyneside, employing more than one thousand workers
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Montague Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Crawshay, George (1821-1896)
Brief:Ironmaster and politician. In the mid-1840s, his ironworks was the largest on Tyneside, employing more than one thousand workers
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1823
Notes:
  
Name:Craxton, (Thomas) Harold Hunt (1885-1971)
Brief:Pianist, teacher at the Royal Academy of Music and composer
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Kidderpore Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952-1971
Notes:
  
Name:Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd (1812-1878)
Brief:Historian, professor of modern and ancient history in London University, Chief Justice of Ceylon
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Regent Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1848-1849
Notes:
  
Name:Cremer, Sir William Randal (1828-1908)
Brief:Liberal MP and peace campaigner who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1885-1908
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cremer, Sir William Randal (1828-1908)
Brief:Liberal MP and peace campaigner who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:179 North Gower Street
Contemp. address:7 George Street
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Creswick, Thomas (1811-1869)
Brief:Landscape painter, one of the best-known members of the Birmingham School
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:King's Cross Station site
Contemp. address:7 Upper Edmund Street
Resident:1828
Notes:Demolished, later Cheney Road, location uncertain
  
Name:Crewe [née Greville], Frances Anne, Lady Crewe (1748-1818)
Brief:Political hostess with a sharp wit, painted three times by Joshua Reynolds
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Heath Brow
Contemp. address:Crewe Cottage
Resident:1792-1807
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Crichton-Browne, Sir James (1840-1938)
Brief:Psychiatrist, neurologist and eugenicist. He received a number of honorary degrees and was president of a variety of medical societies.
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Cumberland Terrace
Contemp. address:7 Cumberland Terrace
Resident:1878-1892
Notes:
  
Name:Crippen, Hawley Harvey (1862-1910)
Brief:Homeopath, ear and eye specialist, notorious murderer
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Store Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901
Notes:Rebuilt
  
Name:Crippen, Hawley Harvey (1862-1910)
Brief:Homeopath, ear and eye specialist, notorious murderer
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Store Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1904-1906
Notes:Rebuilt
  
Name:Critchley, Macdonald (1900-1997)
Brief:Neurologist, author of over 200 articles and 20 books on neurology
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Hilgrove Road
Contemp. address:4 Harben Road
Resident:1939-1952
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crittenden, John Denton (1834-1877)
Brief:Sculptor, specialised in portrait busts
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202169927
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Parkway
Contemp. address:68 Park Street
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crittenden, John Denton (1834-1877)
Brief:Sculptor, specialised in portrait busts
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202169927
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Cantelowes Road
Contemp. address:26 Cantlowes Road
Resident:1865
Notes:
  
Name:Crittenden, John Denton (1834-1877)
Brief:Sculptor, specialised in portrait busts
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202169927
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:44 St Augustine's Road
Contemp. address:33 St Augustine's Road
Resident:1864
Notes:
  
Name:Crittenden, John Denton (1834-1877)
Brief:Sculptor, specialised in portrait busts
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202169927
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:31 Cantelowes Road
Contemp. address:31 Cantlowes Road
Resident:1871-1877
Notes:
  
Name:Crittenden, John Denton (1834-1877)
Brief:Sculptor, specialised in portrait busts
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202169927
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Reachview Close
Contemp. address:2 Prebend Place
Resident:1854-1858
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Croft, (John) Michael (1922-1986)
Brief:Actor, writer ('Spare the Rod') and founder and director of the National Youth Theatre
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:74 Bartholomew Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1980-1986
Notes:
  
Name:Croft, Henry (1861-1930)
Brief:Road sweeper and the 'Original Pearly King'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:St Pancras Way
Contemp. address:St Pancras workhouse, 4 King's Road
Resident:1861, 1930 (birth & death)
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Croft, Henry (1861-1930)
Brief:Road sweeper and the 'Original Pearly King'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:147 Chalton Street
Contemp. address:67 Stibbington Street
Resident:~1893
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Croft, Henry (1861-1930)
Brief:Road sweeper and the 'Original Pearly King'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17A Phoenix Road
Contemp. address:15 Charles Street
Resident:1911
Notes:Demolished, Camden Council memorial plaque
  
Name:Croft, Henry (1861-1930)
Brief:Road sweeper and the 'Original Pearly King'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Varndell Street
Contemp. address:1 Edward Street
Resident:1901
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Croly, George (1780-1860)
Brief:Writer and CofE clergyman, frequent contributor to the Literary Gazette and Blackwood's Magazine
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Queen Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1858-1860
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crompton, Sir Charles John (1797-1865)
Brief:Judge, "sound, elegant, learned and utterly orthodox"
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Endsleigh Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crookes, Sir William (1832-1919)
Brief:Chemist, physicist, inventor and journalist, discovered thallium, invented the Crookes vacuum tube (forerunner of the cathode ray tube) and the radiometer, fascinated by the paranormal
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Mornington Terrace
Contemp. address:20 Mornington Road
Resident:1860-1880
Notes:Destroyed by bomb in WW2, GLC plaque at 7 Kensington Park Gardens
  
Name:Crosby, Sir Thomas Boor (1830-1916)
Brief:Surgeon, the first doctor of medicine and the oldest person to made Lord Mayor of London
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://www.bmj.com/content/1/2885/574.1
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1892-1916
Notes:
  
Name:Crosby, Sir Thomas Boor (1830-1916)
Brief:Surgeon, the first doctor of medicine and the oldest person to made Lord Mayor of London
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://www.bmj.com/content/1/2885/574.1
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Crosfield, Sir Arthur Henry, 1st Baronet (1865-1938)
Brief:Liberal MP and soap and candle manufacturer who built Witanhurst
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Witanhurst, 41 Highgate West Hill
Contemp. address:Witanhurst, 41 West Hill
Resident:1918-1938
Notes:
  
Name:Crosfield, Sir Arthur Henry, 1st Baronet (1865-1938)
Brief:Liberal MP and soap and candle manufacturer who built Witanhurst
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 The Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1915
Notes:
  
Name:Cross, (Thomas) Gerald (1912-1981)
Brief:Actor
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Jacqueline House, 52 Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1981
Notes:
  
Name:Cross, John (1819-1861)
Brief:Historical genre painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:38 Gloucester Road
Resident:1858-1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cross, John (1819-1861)
Brief:Historical genre painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Robert Street
Contemp. address:40 Robert Street
Resident:1850-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cross, John (1819-1861)
Brief:Historical genre painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:171 Stanhope Street
Contemp. address:39 Stanhope Street
Resident:1853
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crossland, William Henry (1835-1908)
Brief:Architect who designed three Grade I listed buildings: Rochdale Town Hall, Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway College
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:57 Albert Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901-1908
Notes:
  
Name:Crossland, William Henry (1835-1908)
Brief:Architect who designed three Grade I listed buildings: Rochdale Town Hall, Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway College
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Park Village West
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Crossland, William Henry (1835-1908)
Brief:Architect who designed three Grade I listed buildings: Rochdale Town Hall, Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway College
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:46 Bedford Way
Contemp. address:46 Upper Bedford Place
Resident:1891
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crossley-Holland, Peter Charles (1916-2001)
Brief:Musicologist and composer who wrote several books on the music of Tibetan Buddhism
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Weech Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957-1963
Notes:
  
Name:Crowley, Nicholas Joseph (1819-1857)
Brief:Genre and portrait painter specialising in group portraits and Irish subjects
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Fitzroy Street
Contemp. address:13 Upper Fitzroy Street
Resident:1844-1857
Notes:
  
Name:Crowne, John (1641-1712)
Brief:Playwright (Sir Courtly Nice, or, It Cannot Be)
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1712
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Cruger, John Harris (1737-1807)
Brief:Loyalist commander (i.e. British side) during American War of Independence, lived in exile in England
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB: 
Other ref.:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/physical/view/1995968493
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Fitzroy Street
Contemp. address:22 Russell Place
Resident:1804-1807
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cruikshank, (Isaac) Robert (1789-1856)
Brief:Caricaturist, illustrator, and portrait miniaturist (brother of George)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Coptic Street
Contemp. address:27 Duke Street
Resident:1792
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cruikshank, (Isaac) Robert (1789-1856)
Brief:Caricaturist, illustrator, and portrait miniaturist (brother of George)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:61 Plender Street
Contemp. address:61 King Street
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cruikshank, (Isaac) Robert (1789-1856)
Brief:Caricaturist, illustrator, and portrait miniaturist (brother of George)
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Southampton Row
Contemp. address:King Street
Resident:~1820
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Brief:Graphic artist, famous for caricatures
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:263 Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:48 Mornington Place
Resident:1850-1878
Notes:RSA plaque
  
Name:Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Brief:Graphic artist, famous for caricatures
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Augustus Street
Contemp. address:31 Augustus Street
Resident:1854-1878
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain, second family with Adelaide Attree
  
Name:Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Brief:Graphic artist, famous for caricatures
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Coptic Street
Contemp. address:27 Duke Street
Resident:1792
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Crutchley, Rosalie Sylvia (1920-1997)
Brief:Actress on stage and screen who played played Catherine Parr in the 1970 TV series, The Six Wives of Henry VIII and in its sequel, Elizabeth R
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:West House, Sandy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1951-1958
Notes:
  
Name:Cubitt, Lewis (1799-1883)
Brief:Civil engineer and architect, designed King's Cross station
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/streets/bedford_square.htm
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:53 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:52 Bedford Square
Resident:1849-1867
Notes:
  
Name:Cubitt, Thomas (1788-1855)
Brief:Master builder who developed squares in Belgravia, Pimlico and Bloomsbury. He also rebuilt Osborne House and extended Buckingham Palace
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:53 Doughty Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1837-1849
Notes:
  
Name:Cubitt, William (1791-1863)
Brief:Building contractor, MP, twice Lord Mayor of London, W. Cubitt & Co. was one of the best known of London contractors, responsible for many important buildings, including Fishmongers' Hall, Covent Garden market, Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, and Euston Station.
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Mecklenburgh Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1832-1844
Notes:
  
Name:Cullinan, Ted (1931-2019)
Brief:Architect (Centre for Mathematical Sciences and the new library at Fitzwilliam College, both Cambridge)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:62 Camden Mews
Contemp. address:
Resident:1965-2019
Notes:
  
Name:Cuming, Hugh (1791-1865)
Brief:Collector interested in natural history, particularly in conchology and botany. After his death, the Natural History Museum purchased 82,992 of his specimens for £6,000
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Gower Street
Contemp. address:80 Gower Street
Resident:1840-1865
Notes:
  
Name:Cuming, Hugh (1791-1865)
Brief:Collector interested in natural history, particularly in conchology and botany. After his death, the Natural History Museum purchased 82,992 of his specimens for £6,000
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:79 Charlotte Street
Resident:1835
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cundall, Joseph (1818-1895)
Brief:Writer (pseud. Stephen Percy), pioneer photographer and publisher of children's books
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~63 Fortess Road
Contemp. address:3 Bellina Villas
Resident:1852-1856
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cundall, Joseph (1818-1895)
Brief:Writer (pseud. Stephen Percy), pioneer photographer and publisher of children's books
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:82 St Pancras Way
Contemp. address:12 Camden Cottages
Resident:1849-1850
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Cuningham, Vera Irene Walpole Martin (1897-1955)
Brief:Painter, member of The London Group
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:The Logs Cottage, 22 Well Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952-1955
Notes:
  
Name:Cuningham, Vera Irene Walpole Martin (1897-1955)
Brief:Painter, member of The London Group
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Heath Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1938-1951
Notes:Also listed as 1 Holly Hill
  
Name:Currie, (William) Finlay (1878-1968)
Brief:Character actor, remembered for performance as the convict Magwitch in the David Lean version of 'Great Expectations'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Grafton Mansions, Duke's Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1939
Notes:
  
Name:Currie, (William) Finlay (1878-1968)
Brief:Character actor, remembered for performance as the convict Magwitch in the David Lean version of 'Great Expectations'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Bernard Shaw Court, St Pancras Way
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952-1953
Notes:
  
Name:Currie, (William) Finlay (1878-1968)
Brief:Character actor, remembered for performance as the convict Magwitch in the David Lean version of 'Great Expectations'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:169 Highgate Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1946-1951
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Curzon, Nathaniel, first Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804)
Brief:Politician and art collector who commissioned Robert Adam to rebuild Kedleston Hall
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Queen Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1726-1729
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Curzon, Sir Clifford Michael (1907-1982)
Brief:Concert pianist, highly regarded
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:The White House, 2 Millfield Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1943-1982
Notes:
  
Name:Curzon, Sir Clifford Michael (1907-1982)
Brief:Concert pianist, highly regarded
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Belsize Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937-1941
Notes:
  
Name:Cutler, Isadore [Ivor] (1923-2006)
Brief:Poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. Known for accompanying his singing on a harmonium.
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Laurier Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1971-1973
Notes:
  
Name:Cutler, Isadore [Ivor] (1923-2006)
Brief:Poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. Known for accompanying his singing on a harmonium.
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Nassington Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957-1960
Notes:
  

 

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