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| Name: | La Rue, Danny [real name Daniel Patrick Carroll] (1927-2009) |
| Brief: | Singer, actor, entertainer and drag artist |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Earnshaw Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lablache, Frederic Licterius Paul Augustin (1815-1887) |
| Brief: | A favourite singer of Queen Victoria |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 51 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 149 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1851-1887 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lablache, Frederic Licterius Paul Augustin (1815-1887) |
| Brief: | A favourite singer of Queen Victoria |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 42 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1845-1847 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lafargue, Paul (1842-1911) |
| Brief: | Revolutionary Marxist socialist, political writer, economist, journalist, literary critic and activist |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 225 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1875-1877 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laing, David (1800-1860) |
| Brief: | Minister and founder of Governesses' Asylum and Holy Trinity church, Kentish Town |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | CHR 30 22-25 (2006), https://www.saintsilas.org.uk/section/125 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 62 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1847-1860 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laing, David (1800-1860) |
| Brief: | Minister and founder of Governesses' Asylum and Holy Trinity church, Kentish Town |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | CHR 30 22-25 (2006), https://www.saintsilas.org.uk/section/125 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Cambridge Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laing, Ronald David (1927-1989) |
| Brief: | Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, author of 'The Divided Self' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Eton Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1974-1984 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laing, Ronald David (1927-1989) |
| Brief: | Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, author of 'The Divided Self' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Gardnor Mansions, Church Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1961-1963 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laing, Ronald David (1927-1989) |
| Brief: | Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, author of 'The Divided Self' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Priory Court, Mazenod Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1960-1961 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laing, Ronald David (1927-1989) |
| Brief: | Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, author of 'The Divided Self' |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65A Belsize Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1966-1971 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laker, James Charles [Jim] (1922-1986) |
| Brief: | Cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club and represented England in 46 Test matches |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30A Priory Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1955-1957 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laking, Sir Guy Francis (1875-1919) |
| Brief: | Expert on early arms and armour, first keeper and secretary of the London Museum, known for his "expensive tastes in all the good things of life" |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Meyrick Lodge, 16 Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1919 |
| Notes: | Demolished 2020 |
| Name: | Lamb, Charles (1775-1834) |
| Brief: | Essayist, poet and antiquarian, best remembered for 'Tales from Shakespeare', co-authored with sister Mary |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Kingsway |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Little Queen Street |
| Resident: | 1792-1796 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lamb, Edward Buckton (1805-1869) |
| Brief: | Gothic revival architect, buildings include St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Cartwright Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Burton Crescent |
| Resident: | 1841-44 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lamb, Edward Buckton (1805-1869) |
| Brief: | Gothic revival architect, buildings include St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Hamilton Place, New Road |
| Resident: | 1828-1829 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lamb, Edward Buckton (1805-1869) |
| Brief: | Gothic revival architect, buildings include St Martin's Church, Gospel Oak |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | ~59 Swinton Street |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Swinton Street |
| Resident: | 1824-1827 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lamb, Henry Taylor (1883-1960) |
| Brief: | Painter who was a follower of Augustus John and a founder member of both the Camden Town Group and the London Group |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Vale Hotel Studios |
| Resident: | 1912-1924 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lamb, Henry Taylor (1883-1960) |
| Brief: | Painter who was a follower of Augustus John and a founder member of both the Camden Town Group and the London Group |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1909-1910 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lamb, Mary Anne (1764-1847) |
| Brief: | Writer best remembered for 'Tales from Shakespeare', co-authored with brother Charles |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Kingsway |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Little Queen Street |
| Resident: | 1792-1796 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lamb, Sir Matthew, first baronet (1705-1768) |
| Brief: | Barrister and politician, land agent, legal adviser and moneylender to the aristocracy |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1750-1754 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lambert, (Anthony) Gavin (1924-2005) |
| Brief: | Novelist, biographer, Hollywood screenwriter and editor of 'Sight and Sound' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 1, 57 Greencroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1954 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lambert, (Leonard) Constant (1905-1951) |
| Brief: | Composer and conductor, prototype of Hugh Moreland in 'A Dance to the Music of Time' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 197 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1947-1951 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Lambert, (Leonard) Constant (1905-1951) |
| Brief: | Composer and conductor, prototype of Hugh Moreland in 'A Dance to the Music of Time' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1933 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lambert, (Leonard) Constant (1905-1951) |
| Brief: | Composer and conductor, prototype of Hugh Moreland in 'A Dance to the Music of Time' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 189 High Holborn |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1927-1929 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lambert, (Leonard) Constant (1905-1951) |
| Brief: | Composer and conductor, prototype of Hugh Moreland in 'A Dance to the Music of Time' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934-1936 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lambert, Jack Walter (1917-1986) |
| Brief: | Arts journalist, editor and broadcaster |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Belsize Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1986 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lancaster, Benjamin (1801-1887) |
| Brief: | Businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Price's Patent Candle Company Ltd |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Chester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841-1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lancaster, Benjamin (1801-1887) |
| Brief: | Businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Price's Patent Candle Company Ltd |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Mortimer Place |
| Contemp. address: | Mount Greville, Mortimer Road |
| Resident: | 1871-1876 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lancaster, Hume (1814-1850) |
| Brief: | Marine painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Leighton Road |
| Contemp. address: | 90 Gloucester Place |
| Resident: | 1843 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lancaster, Hume (1814-1850) |
| Brief: | Marine painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Hawley Street |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Hawley Road Villas |
| Resident: | 1848 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Lancaster, Hume (1814-1850) |
| Brief: | Marine painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 135 Arlington Road |
| Contemp. address: | 140 Grove Street |
| Resident: | 1839-1840 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lance, George (1802-1864) |
| Brief: | Painter of still-life and portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Chalton Street |
| Contemp. address: | 15 Clarendon Square |
| Resident: | 1828 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lance, George (1802-1864) |
| Brief: | Painter of still-life and portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 201 Eversholt Street |
| Contemp. address: | 61 Upper Seymour Street |
| Resident: | 1835-1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lance, George (1802-1864) |
| Brief: | Painter of still-life and portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Bloomsbury Way |
| Contemp. address: | 36 Hart Street |
| Resident: | 1841-1855 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lance, George (1802-1864) |
| Brief: | Painter of still-life and portrait miniatures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Osnaburgh Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1856-1864 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lanchester, Elsa Sullivan (1902-1986) |
| Brief: | Actress on stage and screen, Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award winner for 'Witness for the Prosecution' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1927 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lanchester, Elsa Sullivan (1902-1986) |
| Brief: | Actress on stage and screen, Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award winner for 'Witness for the Prosecution' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934-1939 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lanchester, Elsa Sullivan (1902-1986) |
| Brief: | Actress on stage and screen, Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award winner for 'Witness for the Prosecution' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 103 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1926 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lanchester, Frederick William (1868-1946) |
| Brief: | Inventor and engineer who co-founded the Lanchester Motor Company and discovered the 'N-square law' that developed into operations research |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 41 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1918-1924 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Landells, Ebenezer (1808-1860) |
| Brief: | Wood-engraver, illustrator, and magazine proprietor, one of the founders of Punch |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Bidborough Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841-1842 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Landells, Ebenezer (1808-1860) |
| Brief: | Wood-engraver, illustrator, and magazine proprietor, one of the founders of Punch |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Randolph Street |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Great Randolph Street |
| Resident: | 1835 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Landseer, Charles John (1800-1879) |
| Brief: | Painter of historical subjects, Keeper of the Royal Academy |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1828-1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Landseer, John George (1762/3-1852) |
| Brief: | Landscape engraver and antiquary who lobbied for greater recognition of engraving, father of painter Edwin |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1828-1852 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lane, Jane [real name Elaine Kidner Dakers] (1905-1978) |
| Brief: | Historical novelist |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 4B Holford Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lane, John Bryant (1788-1868) |
| Brief: | Painter whose picture 'The Vision of Joseph' so offended the papal authorities that he was expelled from the papal dominions |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Werrington Street |
| Contemp. address: | 45 Clarendon Square |
| Resident: | 1868 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lane, Richard James (1800-1872) |
| Brief: | Engraver and sculptor, lithographer to the queen, specialised in portraits of royalty, society notables and theatre personalities |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Chester Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1843-1846 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lane, Richard James (1800-1872) |
| Brief: | Engraver and sculptor, lithographer to the queen, specialised in portraits of royalty, society notables and theatre personalities |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Regent's Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | 29 Queen's Road |
| Resident: | 1848-1854 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lane, Theodore Benjamin (1800-1828) |
| Brief: | Painter and etcher best known for 'The Enthusiast', representing a gouty angler fishing in a tub of water |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 67 Judd Street |
| Contemp. address: | 79 Judd Street |
| Resident: | 1826-1828 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lane, Theodore Benjamin (1800-1828) |
| Brief: | Painter and etcher best known for 'The Enthusiast', representing a gouty angler fishing in a tub of water |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | St Pancras Station |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Smith Street |
| Resident: | 1819-1820 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lang, (Alexander) Matheson (1879-1948) |
| Brief: | Actor, theatre manager and playwright, best known for his Shakespeare roles |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Redington Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1938 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lang, (Alexander) Matheson (1879-1948) |
| Brief: | Actor, theatre manager and playwright, best known for his Shakespeare roles |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1934 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lankester, Edwin (1814-1874) |
| Brief: | Surgeon and naturalist who was the first public analyst in England, President of the British Association for 25 years |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 617 Finchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | Melton House, Burgess Hill |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lankester, Edwin (1814-1874) |
| Brief: | Surgeon and naturalist who was the first public analyst in England, President of the British Association for 25 years |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 68 Belsize Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1874 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lanza, Gesualdo (1779-1859) |
| Brief: | Teacher of singing and author of 'The Elements of Singing' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 University Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lanza, Gesualdo (1779-1859) |
| Brief: | Teacher of singing and author of 'The Elements of Singing' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laporte, George Henry (1802-1873) |
| Brief: | Animal and military painter who specialised in horses |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 115 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 99 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1832-1833 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laporte, John Peter (1761-1839) |
| Brief: | Painter of watercolour landscapes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Huntley Street |
| Contemp. address: | 34 Thornhaugh Street |
| Resident: | 1794-1801 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laporte, John Peter (1761-1839) |
| Brief: | Painter of watercolour landscapes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 115 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 99 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1831-1833 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Larcher, Dorothy Mary (1882-1952) |
| Brief: | Flower painter, designer and textile printer, partner of Phyllis Barron in a textile workshop in Parkhill Road |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47A Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1929 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Larcher, Dorothy Mary (1882-1952) |
| Brief: | Flower painter, designer and textile printer, partner of Phyllis Barron in a textile workshop in Parkhill Road |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Shirlock Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1882 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laski, Marghanita [formerly Esther Pearl] (1915-1988) |
| Brief: | Journalist, radio panellist, novelist and lexicographer who contributed about 250,000 additions to the OED |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Capo di Monte, Windmill Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1948-1988 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Latey, John (1842-1902) |
| Brief: | Journalist who wrote parliamentary sketches for the Illustrated London News under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote and translated novels. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 South Villas |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1900-1902 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Latey, John (1842-1902) |
| Brief: | Journalist who wrote parliamentary sketches for the Illustrated London News under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote and translated novels. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Swinton Street |
| Contemp. address: | 29 Swinton Street |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Latey, John (1842-1902) |
| Brief: | Journalist who wrote parliamentary sketches for the Illustrated London News under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote and translated novels. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65 Gloucester Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Latey, John (1842-1902) |
| Brief: | Journalist who wrote parliamentary sketches for the Illustrated London News under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote and translated novels. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 78 Bartholomew Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1880-1897 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Latham, John (1761-1843) |
| Brief: | Physician, president of the Royal College of Physicians |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Bedford Row |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1792-1808 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Lauder, Robert Scott (1803-1869) |
| Brief: | Painter of portraits and historical scenes, influential teacher of a group known as the Scott-Lauder school |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 76 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 35 Upper Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1839-1852 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laughton, Charles (1899-1962) |
| Brief: | Stage and film actor, memorable roles include Hunchback of Notre Dame and Henry VIII |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 15 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1931 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Laughton, Charles (1899-1962) |
| Brief: | Stage and film actor, memorable roles include Hunchback of Notre Dame and Henry VIII |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934-1939 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laurence [née Wemyss], (Jean) Margaret (1926-1987) |
| Brief: | Novelist and short story writer, one of the major figures in Canadian literature |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Heath Hurst Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1963 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Law, Edward, first Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818) |
| Brief: | Judge, MP, Attorney General, Lord Chief Justice |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | ~41 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Bloomsbury Square |
| Resident: | 1789-1808 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Law, Phyllida Ann (1932-2026) |
| Brief: | Actress on film and TV, author of memoirs |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family homes, see Thompson, Eric Norman (1929-1982) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Crediton Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1994-2006 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawranson, Thomas (~1675-~1779) |
| Brief: | Portrait and miniature painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 1 Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1763-1779 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930) |
| Brief: | Writer (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Byron Villas, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1915 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930) |
| Brief: | Writer (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Willoughby Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1926 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930) |
| Brief: | Writer (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 44 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1917 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, David Herbert (1885-1930) |
| Brief: | Writer (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Lady Chatterley's Lover) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Elm Row / 110 Heath Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1923 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, Gertrude [real name Gertrud Alexandra Dagma Lawrence Klasen] (1898-1952) |
| Brief: | Actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer, the foremost of Noël Coward's leading ladies |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Cumberland Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, John Gordon Michael (1915-2002) |
| Brief: | Far-left activist, Trotskyist, leader of St Pancras Council who was arrested for raising the Red Flag over the Town Hall on May Day 1958 |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Seymour House, Churchway |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1969 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, Reina Emily (1861-1940) |
| Brief: | The first female councillor in London, elected in1907 (Hampstead, Belsize ward) |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Belsize Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881-1937 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, Sir Soulden (1751-1814) |
| Brief: | Judge and art connoisseur |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1795-1814 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830) |
| Brief: | The leading portrait painter of his time and the fourth president of the Royal Academy |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 65 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1813-1830 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Bedford estate plaque nearby |
| Name: | Lawson, Cecil Gordon (1849-1882) |
| Brief: | Landscape painter, one of the most original and progressive landscape painters of his day |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1858-1867 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lawson, George Anderson (1832-1904) |
| Brief: | Sculptor associated with the 'New Sculpture' movement |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 139 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Fitzroy Terrace |
| Resident: | 1867-1869 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lawson, George Anderson (1832-1904) |
| Brief: | Sculptor associated with the 'New Sculpture' movement |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 36 Gloucester Road |
| Resident: | 1870-1882 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laye, Evelyn (1900-1996) |
| Brief: | Actress and light opera singer, became Britain's oldest working musical star |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Bloomsbury Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1900 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Laye, Evelyn (1900-1996) |
| Brief: | Actress and light opera singer, became Britain's oldest working musical star |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 95 Camden Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Laye, Evelyn (1900-1996) |
| Brief: | Actress and light opera singer, became Britain's oldest working musical star |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 97, Bedford Court Mansions |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Layton [formerly Lowenstein], Julian David (1904-1989) |
| Brief: | Stockbroker who rescued thousands of Jewish refugees during WWII |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Lyndhurst Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1966-1989 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Layton, (John) Turner (1894-1978) |
| Brief: | Songwriter, singer and pianist, worked with lyricist Henry Creamer and had a double act with Clarence "Tandy" Johnstone |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Aberdare Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1929-1938 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Layton, (John) Turner (1894-1978) |
| Brief: | Songwriter, singer and pianist, worked with lyricist Henry Creamer and had a double act with Clarence "Tandy" Johnstone |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 77 Aberdare Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1955 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Layton, (John) Turner (1894-1978) |
| Brief: | Songwriter, singer and pianist, worked with lyricist Henry Creamer and had a double act with Clarence "Tandy" Johnstone |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Weech Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1978 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lazell, (Henry George) Leslie (1903-1982) |
| Brief: | Pharmaceutical industrialist, managing director then president of the Beecham group |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Reachview Close |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Canal Terrace |
| Resident: | 1903 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lazell, (Henry George) Leslie (1903-1982) |
| Brief: | Pharmaceutical industrialist, managing director then president of the Beecham group |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Camden Park Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Bas, Edward (1904-1966) |
| Brief: | Art collector and painter of genre pieces in the tradition of the Camden Town Group |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 53 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1940-1945 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Blanc, Sir Simon (1748-1816) |
| Brief: | Judge, one of those charged with the suppression of Luddism by means of exemplary executions |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1799-1816 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Breton [née Aikin], Anna Letitia (1808-1885) |
| Brief: | Writer who wrote memoirs about family members |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt in 1881 |
| Name: | Le Breton [née Aikin], Anna Letitia (1808-1885) |
| Brief: | Writer who wrote memoirs about family members |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Keats Grove |
| Contemp. address: | Milford House, John Street |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Le Breton [née Aikin], Anna Letitia (1808-1885) |
| Brief: | Writer who wrote memoirs about family members |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Thurlow Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Breton [née Aikin], Anna Letitia (1808-1885) |
| Brief: | Writer who wrote memoirs about family members |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Pilgrim's Lane |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Worsley Road |
| Resident: | 1881-1885 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Jeune, Henry (1819-1904) |
| Brief: | Painter of landscapes, genre, literary and biblical scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 144 Adelaide Road |
| Contemp. address: | 27 Oakley Villas |
| Resident: | 1858-1886 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Le Jeune, Henry (1819-1904) |
| Brief: | Painter of landscapes, genre, literary and biblical scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 155 Goldhurst Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 13 Goldhurst Terrace West |
| Resident: | 1887-1904 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Keux, John Henry (1812-1896) |
| Brief: | Architectural engraver and draughtsman, favoured by John Ruskin |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Argyle Street |
| Contemp. address: | 30 Argyle Street |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Keux, John Henry (1812-1896) |
| Brief: | Architectural engraver and draughtsman, favoured by John Ruskin |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Belgrove Street |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Belgrave Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Le Neve, John (1679-1741) |
| Brief: | Antiquary, known for his compilation of ecclesiastical biographies 'Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1679 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Le Neve, John (1679-1741) |
| Brief: | Antiquary, known for his compilation of ecclesiastical biographies 'Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Theobalds Road |
| Contemp. address: | Theobalds Row |
| Resident: | 1717 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Le Quesne, Leslie Philip (1919-2011) |
| Brief: | Surgeon who specialized in disorders of the upper gastrointestinal and biliary tract, president of the Surgical Research Society, deputy vice-chancellor of London University |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Eton Villas |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1969-1999 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Quesne, Leslie Philip (1919-2011) |
| Brief: | Surgeon who specialized in disorders of the upper gastrointestinal and biliary tract, president of the Surgical Research Society, deputy vice-chancellor of London University |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Thurlow Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1954 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Le Quesne, Sir (John) Godfray (1924-2013) |
| Brief: | Barrister and public servant, chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Rickford Lodge, Admiral's Walk |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1924-1954 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Le Quesne, Sir (John) Godfray (1924-2013) |
| Brief: | Barrister and public servant, chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Willow Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1956-1969 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Le Quesne, Sir (John) Godfray (1924-2013) |
| Brief: | Barrister and public servant, chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Ferncroft Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1970-2000 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lear, Edward (1812-1888) |
| Brief: | Landscape painter, musician, author and poet, widely remembered for his nonsense poetry and prose, especially his limericks |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 124 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 61 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1831-1834 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lear, Edward (1812-1888) |
| Brief: | Landscape painter, musician, author and poet, widely remembered for his nonsense poetry and prose, especially his limericks |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 250 Gray's Inn Road |
| Contemp. address: | 38 Upper North Place |
| Resident: | 1827-1831 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lee, Elizabeth (1858-1920) |
| Brief: | English teacher, literary critic, biographer and translator. Wrote 110 biographies for the Dictionary of National Biography, mostly on women. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Keppel Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1858-1868 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lee, Janet [Jennie], Baroness Lee of Asheridge (1904-1988) |
| Brief: | Labour party politician who played a leading role in the foundation of the Open University |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 19 Guilford Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1937 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lee, Sir Sidney (1859-1926) |
| Brief: | Second editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and literary scholar, contributor of 820 articlesof |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Keppel Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1859-1868 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lee, Sir William (1688-1754) |
| Brief: | Jurist and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | ~9 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Bloomsbury Square |
| Resident: | 1738-1753 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lee, William (1809-1865) |
| Brief: | Watercolour painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 177 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Euston Place |
| Resident: | 1854-1865 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leech, John (1817-1864) |
| Brief: | Caricaturist and illustrator, best known for his work for Punch. He also illustrated Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 32 Brunswick Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1857-1863 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leech, John (1817-1864) |
| Brief: | Caricaturist and illustrator, best known for his work for Punch. He also illustrated Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Powis Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1844-1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leftwich, William (1770-1843) |
| Brief: | Confectioner and ice merchant who owned ice wells in Camden and other parts of London |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | https://www.locallocalhistory.co.uk/ctown/p050/pages50-54.htm |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Cumberland Market |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1834-1843 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Legat, Francis (1755-1809) |
| Brief: | Engraver who produced four large prints for Boydell's Shakspeare Gallery |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Camden High Street |
| Contemp. address: | Pleasant Row |
| Resident: | 1796 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Legge, (Harry) Walter (1906-1979) |
| Brief: | Impresario and record producer, closely associated with EMI, junior music critic of The Manchester Guardian, founder of the Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Oakhill Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1964 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lehmann, (Rudolph) John Frederick (1907-1987) |
| Brief: | Poet and publisher, founder of the periodicals 'New Writing' and 'The London Magazine' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Heathcote Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1934 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lehmann, (Rudolph) John Frederick (1907-1987) |
| Brief: | Poet and publisher, founder of the periodicals 'New Writing' and 'The London Magazine' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1938-1940 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leifchild, John (1780-1862) |
| Brief: | Congregational minister and writer |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 135 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Fitzroy Terrace |
| Resident: | 1862 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leigh, Percival (1813-1889) |
| Brief: | Satirist and deputy editor of Punch |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Bayley Street |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Bedford Street |
| Resident: | 1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leighton, Charles Blair (1823-1855) |
| Brief: | Painter of portraits and history paintings of literary and biblical subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1852-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leighton, John [pseud. Luke Limner] (1822-1912) |
| Brief: | Book cover designer and illustrator |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 38 Camden High Street |
| Contemp. address: | 19 High Street |
| Resident: | 1841-1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leighton, Sir Frederic (1830-1896) |
| Brief: | Painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subjects and were enormously popular and expensive during his lifetime |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 100 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Upper Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1838-1843 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leighton, Sir Frederic (1830-1896) |
| Brief: | Painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subjects and were enormously popular and expensive during his lifetime |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Argyle Street |
| Contemp. address: | 22 Argyle Street |
| Resident: | 1833-1837 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leitch, William Leighton (1804-1883) |
| Brief: | Landscape watercolour painter, Drawing Master to Queen Victoria for 22 years |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 124 Alexandra Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1872-1883 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leitch, William Leighton (1804-1883) |
| Brief: | Landscape watercolour painter, Drawing Master to Queen Victoria for 22 years |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 225 Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 25 Mornington Place |
| Resident: | 1841-1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leitch, William Leighton (1804-1883) |
| Brief: | Landscape watercolour painter, Drawing Master to Queen Victoria for 22 years |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 109 Abbey Road |
| Contemp. address: | 14 Abbey Road West |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lemere, (Henry) Bedford (1865-1944) |
| Brief: | Architectural photographer, Bedford Lemere & Co. advertised that they had 50,000 views for sale |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Chalcot Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1865 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lemere, (Henry) Bedford (1865-1944) |
| Brief: | Architectural photographer, Bedford Lemere & Co. advertised that they had 50,000 views for sale |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | 78 Albert Street |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lemon, Mark (1809-1870) |
| Brief: | Playwright and founding editor of both Punch and The Field |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Gordon Street |
| Contemp. address: | 11 Gordon Street |
| Resident: | 1853-1858 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (1870-1924) |
| Brief: | Revolutionary, politician and political theorist, first head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 36 Tavistock Place |
| Contemp. address: | 21 Tavistock Place |
| Resident: | 1908 |
| Notes: | Marchmont Association plaque |
| Name: | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (1870-1924) |
| Brief: | Revolutionary, politician and political theorist, first head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Oakley Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lenkiewicz, Robert Oscar (1941-2002) |
| Brief: | Figurative painter who often portrayed vagrants, addicts, criminals and the mentally ill |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 85&87 Fordwych Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1963 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leno, Dan [real name George Wild Galvin] (1860-1904) |
| Brief: | The leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | St Pancras Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Eve Place |
| Resident: | 1860-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Leo, Alan [born William Frederick Allen] (1860-1917) |
| Brief: | Astrologer, author, publisher and theosophist, "the father of modern astrology" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Lyncroft Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1899-1914 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leon, Henry Cecil (1902-1976) |
| Brief: | Judge and writer. His novel 'Brothers in Law', written as Henry Cecil, was made into a film then television and radio series |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Gray's Inn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1967-1976 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leonard, Richard Lawrence [Dick] (1930-2021) |
| Brief: | Writer, journalist and Labour politician, MP for Romford |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1967-2021 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leslie, Fred [real name Frederick George Hobson] (1855-1892) |
| Brief: | Actor and playwright who wrote and starred in popular burlesque plays and other comic works of theatre |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Bloomsbury Way |
| Contemp. address: | 8 Tavistock Chambers, Hart Street |
| Resident: | 1891-1892 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Leslie, Sir Bradford (1831-1926) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who specialised in bridges, resident engineer of the Eastern Bengal Railway |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Chester Gate |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Chester Gate |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lessing [née Tayler], Doris May (1919-2013) |
| Brief: | Novelist ('The Grass Is Singing'), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45-46 Charrington Street |
| Contemp. address: | 60 Charrington Street |
| Resident: | 1962-1966 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lessing [née Tayler], Doris May (1919-2013) |
| Brief: | Novelist ('The Grass Is Singing'), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Gondar Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1980-2013 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lessing [née Tayler], Doris May (1919-2013) |
| Brief: | Novelist ('The Grass Is Singing'), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Kingscroft Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1972-~1980 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lessingham, Jane [née Jane Hemet] (~1738-1783) |
| Brief: | Actress, "an extraordinary character who frequented coffee houses in men's clothing" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Inverforth House |
| Contemp. address: | Heath Lodge |
| Resident: | ~1778-1783 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lethaby, William Richard (1857-1931) |
| Brief: | Architect and architectural historian, founder and Principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts and Surveyor of Westminster Abbey |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Calthorpe Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1880-1891 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Lethaby, William Richard (1857-1931) |
| Brief: | Architect and architectural historian, founder and Principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts and Surveyor of Westminster Abbey |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Gray's Inn Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Lever, William Hesketh, first Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925) |
| Brief: | Soap manufacturer and philanthropist, built Port Sunlight on The Wirral |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Inverforth House, North End Way |
| Contemp. address: | The Hill |
| Resident: | 1904-1925 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Leverton, Thomas (1743-1824) |
| Brief: | Innovative architect who designed the interiors and possibly the facades of some Bedford Square houses |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1796-1824 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Levin, (Henry) Bernard (1928-2004) |
| Brief: | Journalist, author and broadcaster. Had widely read columns in The Spectator, Daily Mail and The Times. TV fame from 'That Was The Week That Was' and 'Face the Music' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 69 Plender Street |
| Contemp. address: | 69 King Street |
| Resident: | 1928 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Levy, Amy Judith (1861-1889) |
| Brief: | Essayist, poet, and novelist. First woman student at Newnham College, Cambridge and the first Jewish woman to be cremated in England |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 7 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1889 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Levy, Joseph Moses (1812-1888) |
| Brief: | Newspaper proprietor who owned The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 57 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1850-1860 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Levy, Lewis (~1786-1856) |
| Brief: | Businessman who leased nearly all the toll gates within 15 miles of London and made a fortune from tolls |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 55 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1845-1856 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Levy, Oscar Ludwig (1867-1946) |
| Brief: | Physician and writer, known as a scholar of Friedrich Nietzsche |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 25 Museum Street |
| Contemp. address: | Flat 1, Talbot Mansions, Museum Street |
| Resident: | 1903-1909 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Levy, Oscar Ludwig (1867-1946) |
| Brief: | Physician and writer, known as a scholar of Friedrich Nietzsche |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 54 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1941 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewes, George Henry (1817-1878) |
| Brief: | Philosopher, naturalist and critic of literature and theatre, partner of George Eliot |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Harrington Street |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Harrington Street |
| Resident: | 1838-1840 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis [née Finkelstein], Naomi (1911-2009) |
| Brief: | Poet, essayist, literary critic and anthologist, translator of Hans Christian Andersen stories |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 3, 13 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-2007 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, (John Frederick) Norman (1908-2003) |
| Brief: | Journalist, traveller, photographer and prolific writer |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Gordon Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1933 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882-1957) |
| Brief: | Artist and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1914 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882-1957) |
| Brief: | Artist and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Brookfield Mansions, Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 3 Brookfield Mansions, West Hill |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882-1957) |
| Brief: | Artist and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 68 Mornington Street |
| Contemp. address: | 32 Albert Street |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882-1957) |
| Brief: | Artist and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1932 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, (Percy) Wyndham (1882-1957) |
| Brief: | Artist and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1915 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, Angelo John (1839-1919) |
| Brief: | Journalist and writer on magic who published Modern Magic under the nom de plume of Professor Hoffmann |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mornington Place |
| Contemp. address: | 13 Crescent Place |
| Resident: | 1839-1864 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, Angelo John (1839-1919) |
| Brief: | Journalist and writer on magic who published Modern Magic under the nom de plume of Professor Hoffmann |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mornington Place |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Crescent Place |
| Resident: | 1864-1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, George Robert (1782-1871) |
| Brief: | Painter of landscapes and portraits, engraver who illustrated works on phrenology and physiognomy |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 38 Belsize Grove |
| Contemp. address: | 1 Haverstock Terrace |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, James Henry (1786-1853) |
| Brief: | Stenographer who invented and taught a system of shorthand |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Wild Street |
| Contemp. address: | 55 Great Wild Street |
| Resident: | 1812 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, John (1836-1928) |
| Brief: | Department store owner, member of St Marylebone Vestry , St Marylebone Council and the LCC |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Grange Gardens, Branch Hill |
| Contemp. address: | Spedan Tower |
| Resident: | 1888-1928 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Hampstead Plaque Fund plaque, family home of Lewis, John Spedan (1885-1963) and Lewis, Oswald (1887-1966) |
| Name: | Lewis, John Spedan (1885-1963) |
| Brief: | Department store owner and industrial reformer, keen and active natural historian |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lewis, John (1836-1928) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | North Hall, Mortimer Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1923-1935 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, Oswald (1887-1966) |
| Brief: | Businessman, barrister, and Conservative politician, partner in John Lewis & Company |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Lewis, John (1836-1928) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Beechwood, Hampstead Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1931-1966 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, second baronet (1806-1863) |
| Brief: | As Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was responsible for the financing of the Crimean War. As war secretary, he campaigned for British neutrality in the American civil war |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1829 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lewis, Sir George Henry, first baronet (1833-1911) |
| Brief: | Lawyer who had the largest practise in financial cases of any lawyer in London, especially expert in libel |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Ely Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1833-1844 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, Sir George Henry, first baronet (1833-1911) |
| Brief: | Lawyer who had the largest practise in financial cases of any lawyer in London, especially expert in libel |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 8 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | 53 Euston Square |
| Resident: | 1851-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewis, Sir George Henry, first baronet (1833-1911) |
| Brief: | Lawyer who had the largest practise in financial cases of any lawyer in London, especially expert in libel |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Taviton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lewkowitsch, Julius (1857-1913) |
| Brief: | Industrial chemist, the leading authority on vegetable and animal oils, fats, and waxes |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 71 Priory Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901-1913 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ley, James, first earl of Marlborough (1550-1629) |
| Brief: | Judge and politician, served as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench and was Lord High Treasurer, a founder member of the Society of Antiquaries |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Lincoln's Inn |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1608-1629 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Liberty, Sir Arthur Lasenby (1843-1917) |
| Brief: | Fabric manufacturer and retailer, founder of Liberty & Co. in Regent Street, known for its extensive use of Art Nouveau designs |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Naseby Close |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Fairfax Road |
| Resident: | 1878-1882 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Liberty, Sir Arthur Lasenby (1843-1917) |
| Brief: | Fabric manufacturer and retailer, founder of Liberty & Co. in Regent Street, known for its extensive use of Art Nouveau designs |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 118 Gloucester Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | 118 Gloucester Road |
| Resident: | 1868 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lidgett, Elizabeth Sedman (1843-1919) |
| Brief: | Poor Law guardian in St Pancras for nearly forty years and suffragist. |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881-1919 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lightfoot, Maxwell Gordon (1886-1911) |
| Brief: | Painter known for his depictions of atmospheric pastoral scenes and sepia illustrations of figures |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Limpus, Richard Davidge (1824-1875) |
| Brief: | Organist and composer, founder of the Royal College of Organists |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 41 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1875 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lind, James (1736-1812) |
| Brief: | Physician and natural scientist, his galvanism experiments are a possible source of inspiration for the character of Frankenstein |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 56 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1812 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Linden, Edward Sean [born John Edward Glackin] (1935-2023) |
| Brief: | Poet, literary magazine editor and political activist who published and edited the poetry magazine Aquarius |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Arkwright Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1964-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lindley, Robert (1776-1855) |
| Brief: | One of the greatest cellists of his time |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Percy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1828-1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lindley, Robert (1776-1855) |
| Brief: | One of the greatest cellists of his time |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Rathbone Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851-1855 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lindsay [née Murray], Lilian (1871-1960) |
| Brief: | First woman dentist and first female president of the British Dental Association |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1920-1935 |
| Notes: | EH blue plaque |
| Name: | Lindsay, John [Jack] (1900-1990) |
| Brief: | Marxist writer, poet, biographer, translator, essayist and editor |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1926-1930 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lindsay, Michael Francis Morris (1909-1994) |
| Brief: | Worked with communist guerrillas in China during the occupation by Japan in WWII where he built a radio transmitter powerful enough to reach the USA |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 40 Mecklenburg Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1909 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Linnell, John (1792-1882) |
| Brief: | Highly regarded landscape painter, patron of William Blake |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Shaftsbury Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | Plumtree Street |
| Resident: | 1792 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Linnell, John (1792-1882) |
| Brief: | Highly regarded landscape painter, patron of William Blake |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Streatham Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1807-1811 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain, demolished |
| Name: | Linnell, John (1792-1882) |
| Brief: | Highly regarded landscape painter, patron of William Blake |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Old Wyldes', Hampstead Way |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1823-1828 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Linnell, John (1792-1882) |
| Brief: | Highly regarded landscape painter, patron of William Blake |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Gordon Mansions, Torrington Place |
| Contemp. address: | 30 Francis Street |
| Resident: | 1809 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Linton [née Lynn], Elizabeth [Eliza] (1822-1898) |
| Brief: | The first female salaried journalist in Britain and the author of over 20 novels, stridently anti-feminist |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family homes, see Linton, William James (1812-1897) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Linton, Sir James Dromgole (1840-1916) |
| Brief: | Painter, president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 296 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 16 Bath Place |
| Resident: | 1840-1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Linton, Sir James Dromgole (1840-1916) |
| Brief: | Painter, president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 60 Parkhill Road |
| Contemp. address: | 60 Park Road |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Linton, Sir James Dromgole (1840-1916) |
| Brief: | Painter, president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Steele's Road |
| Contemp. address: | Ettrick House |
| Resident: | 1875-1891 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Linton, Sir James Dromgole (1840-1916) |
| Brief: | Painter, president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 133 Haverstock Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 141 Haverstock Hill |
| Resident: | 1916 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Linton, Sir James Dromgole (1840-1916) |
| Brief: | Painter, president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Rudall Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Linton, William James (1812-1897) |
| Brief: | Wood-engraver, landscape painter, political reformer and author of memoirs, novels, poetry and non-fiction |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Gang Moor, Whitestone Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1862-1864 |
| Notes: | Family home of Linton [née Lynn], Elizabeth [Eliza] (1822-1898) |
| Name: | Lister, Joseph, Baron Lister (1827-1912) |
| Brief: | Surgeon, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 52 Maple Street |
| Contemp. address: | 28 London Road |
| Resident: | 1844-1847 |
| Notes: | EH Blue plaque |
| Name: | Lister, Joseph, Baron Lister (1827-1912) |
| Brief: | Surgeon, experimental pathologist and pioneer of antiseptic surgery |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 158 Hampstead Road |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Bedford Place |
| Resident: | 1847-1848 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Littledale, Richard Frederick (1833-1890) |
| Brief: | Clergyman and religious controversialist, a leading exponent of ritualism |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Red Lion Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881-1890 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Littledale, Sir Joseph (1767-1842) |
| Brief: | Judge who edited John Skelton's 'Magnyfycence, an Interlude' for the Roxburghe Club |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1825-1842 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Littledale, Sir Joseph (1767-1842) |
| Brief: | Judge who edited John Skelton's 'Magnyfycence, an Interlude' for the Roxburghe Club |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1814-1821 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Litvinoff, Emanuel (1915-2011) |
| Brief: | Poet and writer, best-known work is probably 'Journey Through a Small Planet', active in the campaign for Soviet Jewry |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 85 Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1947 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Litvinoff, Emanuel (1915-2011) |
| Brief: | Poet and writer, best-known work is probably 'Journey Through a Small Planet', active in the campaign for Soviet Jewry |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Byron Court, 26-34 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2001-2011 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Litvinoff, Emanuel (1915-2011) |
| Brief: | Poet and writer, best-known work is probably 'Journey Through a Small Planet', active in the campaign for Soviet Jewry |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 179A Finchley Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Litvinov [née Low], Ivy Teresa (1889-1977) |
| Brief: | Writer and translator who lived most of her adult life in the Soviet Union. Her second novel, 'The Questing Beast', was one of the first to depict women in office life |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Doughty Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1889 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Litvinov [née Low], Ivy Teresa (1889-1977) |
| Brief: | Writer and translator who lived most of her adult life in the Soviet Union. Her second novel, 'The Questing Beast', was one of the first to depict women in office life |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 The Mount Square |
| Contemp. address: | 9 Golden Square |
| Resident: | 1915 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich [born Meir Henoch Wallach] (1876-1951) |
| Brief: | Revolutionary and Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 86 South Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1916-1918 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Livingstone, Sir Alexander McKenzie (1880-1950) |
| Brief: | Politician, initially Liberal, later Labour |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 St Alban's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1928-1950 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lloyd, Marie [real name Matilda Alice Victoria Wood] (1870-1922) |
| Brief: | Music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress known as the "Queen of the Music Hall" |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 98 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1906-1910 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lloyd-Pack, Roger Anthony (1944-2014) |
| Brief: | Actor, remembered for his roles in 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'The Vicar of Dibley' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 56 Lady Somerset Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1987-2014 |
| Notes: | Heritage Foundation plaque |
| Name: | Lloyd-Pack, Roger Anthony (1944-2014) |
| Brief: | Actor, remembered for his roles in 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'The Vicar of Dibley' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Doynton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1981-1983 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lock, Matthias (1710-1765) |
| Brief: | Wood carver, the first Englishman to publish designs in the fully-developed Rococo style |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://bifmo.history.ac.uk/entry/lock-matthias-1710-65 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Nottingham Court |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | ~1746 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Lock, Matthias (1710-1765) |
| Brief: | Wood carver, the first Englishman to publish designs in the fully-developed Rococo style |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://bifmo.history.ac.uk/entry/lock-matthias-1710-65 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Tottenham Court Road |
| Contemp. address: | near ye Swan |
| Resident: | ~1752 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Locke, Amy Audrey (1881-1916) |
| Brief: | Historian who contributed to the Victoria County History |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Upfleet, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | Heatherlea, Vale of Health |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Locke, Joseph (1805-1860) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who built several railways, many consider him the equal of Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Chester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1838-1845 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Locke, William John (1863-1930) |
| Brief: | Novelist, dramatist and playwright, best known for his short stories. His novels and stories have been adapted for some 30 cinema films. |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 78 Ridgmount Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901-1905 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Locker, Arthur (1828-1893) |
| Brief: | Novelist and journalist, editor of 'The Graphic' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Holly Terrace, Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 5 Holly Terrace, West Hill |
| Resident: | 1881-1893 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Locker, Arthur (1828-1893) |
| Brief: | Novelist and journalist, editor of 'The Graphic' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Holly Terrace, Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 10 Holly Terrace, West Hill |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Family home of Locker, William Algernon (1863-1930) |
| Name: | Lockyer, James (1796-1875) |
| Brief: | Architect who designed the original Royal College of Chemistry building on Oxford Street |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Conway Street |
| Contemp. address: | 19 Southampton Street |
| Resident: | 1841-1875 |
| Notes: | Family home of Lockyer, James Morant (1823-1865) |
| Name: | Lockyer, James Morant (1823-1865) |
| Brief: | Architect who designed the original Heals store on Tottenham Court Road (demolished) |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lockyer, James (1796-1875), https://www.ribapix.com/Heals-Heal-Son-Ltd-Tottenham-Court-Road-London_RIBA41639 |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Queen's Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1865 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman (1836-1920) |
| Brief: | Astronomer, spectroscopist, co-discoverer of helium, founded the journal Nature |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Fairfax Road |
| Contemp. address: | 24 Victoria Road |
| Resident: | 1865-1876 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Loder, John David (1788-1846) |
| Brief: | Violinist |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 156 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1846 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lodge, Edmund (1756-1839) |
| Brief: | Clarenceux King of Arms at the College of Arms, biographer and author of works of genealogy |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | 2 Bloomsbury Square |
| Resident: | 1832-1839 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940) |
| Brief: | Physicist, innovations in electromagnetism, X-rays and radio, spirtualist, |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 62 Delancey Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1874-1877 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Logan, James (1797-1872) |
| Brief: | Author on Gaelic culture, best known for his 1831 book 'The Scottish Gael' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 66 Whitfield Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1872 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Logan, Sir Douglas William (1910-1987) |
| Brief: | Principal of the University of London, the driving force behind the universities superannuation scheme |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1960-1974 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Logsdail, William (1859-1944) |
| Brief: | Landscape, portrait and genre painter noted for his realistic London and Venice scenes |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1887-1892 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Löhr, Marie Kaye Wouldes (1890-1975) |
| Brief: | Actress on stage and screen whose career spanned 65 years |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Cambridge Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1913-1917 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lom, Herbert (1917-2012) |
| Brief: | Actor, best known for his roles in 'The Ladykillers' and 'The Pink Panther' film series |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 53B Elsworthy Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2012 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Long, Edwin Longsden (1829-1891) |
| Brief: | Genre, history, biblical and portrait painter, a favourite of Thomas Holloway |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 42 Netherhall Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | Kelston, Netherhall Gardens |
| Resident: | 1888-1891 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Long, Edwin Longsden (1829-1891) |
| Brief: | Genre, history, biblical and portrait painter, a favourite of Thomas Holloway |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 61 Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | Kelston, Fitzjohn's Avenue |
| Resident: | 1881-1887 |
| Notes: | Renamed 'The Labyrinth' in ~1885 |
| Name: | Longman, Thomas Norton (1771-1842) |
| Brief: | The Longman publishing business was a family concern for some 250 years |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Prince Arthur Road |
| Contemp. address: | Mount Grove |
| Resident: | 1798-1842 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Longmate, Barak (1768-1836) |
| Brief: | Engraver and editor of the 'Pocket Peerage' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 259 Camden High Street |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Seymour Place |
| Resident: | 1830 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lonsdale, Sophia (1854-1936) |
| Brief: | Social reformer, poor law guardian and signatory to the petition 'A women's protest against female suffrage' published in 'The Nineteenth Century' |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Chester Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1854-1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lopes, Sir Manasseh Masseh (1755-1831) |
| Brief: | Wealthy MP who bought control of the pocket borough of Westbury and was convicted of bribing voters in other boroughs |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 119 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | 47 Upper Charlotte Street |
| Resident: | 1786-1794 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lopes, Sir Manasseh Masseh (1755-1831) |
| Brief: | Wealthy MP who bought control of the pocket borough of Westbury and was convicted of bribing voters in other boroughs |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1795-1812 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lopokova, Lydia Vasilievna [Lady Keynes] (1892-1981) |
| Brief: | Ballerina who toured with the Ballets Russes in 1910 and later |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1925-1965 |
| Notes: | Also had use of some rooms in No.47 via internal connecting door 1938-1950. |
| Name: | Lopokova, Lydia Vasilievna [Lady Keynes] (1892-1981) |
| Brief: | Ballerina who toured with the Ballets Russes in 1910 and later |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 41 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1922-1925 |
| Notes: | Also, briefly at No.50 in 1922 |
| Name: | Loss, Joshua Alexander [Joe] (1909-1990) |
| Brief: | Musician and leader of the Joe Loss Orchestra whose biggest hit was 'In the Mood' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Kendal Court, Shoot-up Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lovelace, John, third Baron Lovelace (~1640-1693) |
| Brief: | Politician who was notorious for his drunken and extravagant way of life, he created a scandal when a Catholic magistrate sent him a summons, which he used in public to wipe his bottom |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1693 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Lovell, George William (1804-1878) |
| Brief: | Playwright and novelist, remembered for his play 'The Wife's Secret' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Grove Lodge, 18 Lyndhurst Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1870-1878 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lovell, George William (1804-1878) |
| Brief: | Playwright and novelist, remembered for his play 'The Wife's Secret' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Vale Lodge, Vale of Health |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1869 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lovell, George William (1804-1878) |
| Brief: | Playwright and novelist, remembered for his play 'The Wife's Secret' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Mornington Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Mornington Crescent |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lovell, George William (1804-1878) |
| Brief: | Playwright and novelist, remembered for his play 'The Wife's Secret' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 203 Eversholt Street |
| Contemp. address: | 60 Upper Seymour Street |
| Resident: | 1835-1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lovett, William (1800-1877) |
| Brief: | Chartist and secretary of the London Working Men's Association, one of the leading London-based artisan radicals of his generation |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 183 Tottenham Court Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lovett, William (1800-1877) |
| Brief: | Chartist and secretary of the London Working Men's Association, one of the leading London-based artisan radicals of his generation |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 137 Euston Road |
| Contemp. address: | 16 South Row |
| Resident: | 1851-1877 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Low, Sampson (1797-1886) |
| Brief: | Bookseller and publisher |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 41 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1886 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Low, Sampson (1797-1886) |
| Brief: | Bookseller and publisher |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851-1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Low, Sampson (1797-1886) |
| Brief: | Bookseller and publisher |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 83 Lamb's Conduit Street |
| Contemp. address: | 42 Lamb's Conduit Street |
| Resident: | 1819-1845 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lowndes, William Thomas (1793-1843) |
| Brief: | Bibliographer who destroyed his health through "bibliographical drudgery" |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 266 Gray's Inn Road |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Calthorpe Place |
| Resident: | 1843 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lowne, Thomas Benjamin (1919-2008) |
| Brief: | Boxer who represented England on many occasions |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Shipton House, Prince of Wales Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1952-1953 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lowne, Thomas Benjamin (1919-2008) |
| Brief: | Boxer who represented England on many occasions |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Langdale, Stanhope Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1957-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Loy [formerly Löwy], Mina Gertrude (1882-1966) |
| Brief: | Painter, poet, playwright, novelist and feminist remembered mainly for her bohemian lifestyle |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 68 Compayne Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1892-1899 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Loy [formerly Löwy], Mina Gertrude (1882-1966) |
| Brief: | Painter, poet, playwright, novelist and feminist remembered mainly for her bohemian lifestyle |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Greville Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1886-1892 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucas [née Cornelissen], Marie Elizabeth Seymour (1850-1921) |
| Brief: | Painter who concentrated on domestic scenes with children |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s) see Lucas, John Seymour (1849-1923) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 22 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucas, Charles Thomas (1820-1895) |
| Brief: | Public works contractor, buildings in London by Lucas Brothers include Covent Garden Opera House, Langham Hotel, Charing Cross Hotel, Royal Albert Hall |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 123 Cromer Street |
| Contemp. address: | Greenland Place |
| Resident: | 1820-1822 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucas, Edward Verrall (1868-1938) |
| Brief: | Essayist and biographer, editor Punch |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1898 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucas, Edward Verrall (1868-1938) |
| Brief: | Essayist and biographer, editor Punch |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Harrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1892 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Lucas, John Seymour (1849-1923) |
| Brief: | Historical and portrait painter, also theatrical costume designer |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | New Place, 1 Woodchurch Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1882-1921 |
| Notes: | Family home of Lucas [née Cornelissen], Marie Elizabeth Seymour (1850-1921) |
| Name: | Lucas, John Seymour (1849-1923) |
| Brief: | Historical and portrait painter, also theatrical costume designer |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Queen Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1877-1881 |
| Notes: | Family home of Lucas [née Cornelissen], Marie Elizabeth Seymour (1850-1921) |
| Name: | Lucas, Margaret Bright (1818-1890) |
| Brief: | Temperance activist and suffragist |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Bloomsbury Street |
| Contemp. address: | 7 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square |
| Resident: | 1881-1890 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucas, Margaret Bright (1818-1890) |
| Brief: | Temperance activist and suffragist |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Gordon Street |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Gordon Street |
| Resident: | 1863-1865 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucas, Samuel (1810-1865) |
| Brief: | Journalist and campaigner for the abolition of slavery, editor of the Morning Star |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Gordon Street |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Gordon Street |
| Resident: | 1863-1865 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucchesi, Andrea Carlo (1859-1925) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, an exponent of the naturalistic and symbolist "New Sculpture" |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1-2 Camden Studios |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1896-1925 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucchesi, Andrea Carlo (1859-1925) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, an exponent of the naturalistic and symbolist "New Sculpture" |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 75 Euston Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871-1888 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucchesi, Andrea Carlo (1859-1925) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, an exponent of the naturalistic and symbolist "New Sculpture" |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Stephenson Way |
| Contemp. address: | 19 Southampton Mews |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucchesi, Andrea Carlo (1859-1925) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, an exponent of the naturalistic and symbolist "New Sculpture" |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Melton Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1890-1893 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lucchesi, Andrea Carlo (1859-1925) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, an exponent of the naturalistic and symbolist "New Sculpture" |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 26 Kelly Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1895 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucchesi, Andrea Carlo (1859-1925) |
| Brief: | Sculptor, an exponent of the naturalistic and symbolist "New Sculpture" |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 30 Kelly Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1894 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucy, Charles (1814-1873) |
| Brief: | Painter specialising in historical subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | Tudor Lodge |
| Resident: | 1843-1863 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lucy, Charles (1814-1873) |
| Brief: | Painter specialising in historical subjects |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 71 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ludovici, Albert Johann (1820-1894) |
| Brief: | Genre and portrait painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 24 Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 24 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1859-1883 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ludovici, Albert Johann (1820-1894) |
| Brief: | Genre and portrait painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Mornington Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | 20 Mornington Road |
| Resident: | 1885-1890 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ludovici, Albert Johann (1820-1894) |
| Brief: | Genre and portrait painter |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1893-1894 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ludovici, Anthony Mario (1882-1971) |
| Brief: | Philosopher, sociologist, social critic and polyglot who held strongly right wing views. He wrote over 30 books, and translated many others |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 27 St Augustine's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1882-1899 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lunn, Hugh Kingsmill (1889-1949) |
| Brief: | Writer and journalist who wrote fiction, essays and biographies under the pen name Hugh Kingsmill |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Torrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1890 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lunn, Hugh Kingsmill (1889-1949) |
| Brief: | Writer and journalist who wrote fiction, essays and biographies under the pen name Hugh Kingsmill |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1921 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lunn, Louise Kirkby [born Louisa Baker] (1872-1930) |
| Brief: | Singer, best known as a Wagnerian, appeared frequently at Covent Garden and the NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Prince Albert Road |
| Contemp. address: | 14 Albert Road |
| Resident: | 1905-1912 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lunn, Louise Kirkby [born Louisa Baker] (1872-1930) |
| Brief: | Singer, best known as a Wagnerian, appeared frequently at Covent Garden and the NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 St John's Wood Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1920-1924 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lunn, Sir Henry Simpson (1859-1939) |
| Brief: | Worker for ecclesiastical reunion and travel agent. His winter sports tours evolved into a company that was the forerunner of Lunn Poly |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 46 Torrington Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1890 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lunn, Sir Henry Simpson (1859-1939) |
| Brief: | Worker for ecclesiastical reunion and travel agent. His winter sports tours evolved into a company that was the forerunner of Lunn Poly |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Endsleigh Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1891-1932 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lupton, Thomas Goff (1791-1873) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver and artist, who engraved many works by J. M. W. Turner. He introduced the use of soft steel for plates |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Keppel Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1838-1873 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lupton, Thomas Goff (1791-1873) |
| Brief: | Mezzotint engraver and artist, who engraved many works by J. M. W. Turner. He introduced the use of soft steel for plates |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Leigh Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1832-1838 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lush, Ernest Henry (1908-1988) |
| Brief: | Pianist with the BBC Concert Orchestra |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 Oakeshott Avenue |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1946-1951 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lush, Sir Robert (1807-1881) |
| Brief: | Judge, one of three who tried the Tichborne claimant |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 60 Avenue Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861-1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lush, Sir Robert (1807-1881) |
| Brief: | Judge, one of three who tried the Tichborne claimant |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lush, Sir Robert (1807-1881) |
| Brief: | Judge, one of three who tried the Tichborne claimant |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Argyle Street |
| Contemp. address: | 32 Argyle Street |
| Resident: | 1841 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lush, Sir Robert (1807-1881) |
| Brief: | Judge, one of three who tried the Tichborne claimant |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 34 Mecklenburgh Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1845-1850 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt |
| Name: | Lushington, Sir Stephen (1803-1877) |
| Brief: | Naval officer who distinguished himself in the crimean war, rose to admiral, and was lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1799-1807 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lutyens, (Agnes) Elisabeth (1906-1983) |
| Brief: | Composer of contemporary classical music with a sideline in scores for horror films (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Earth Dies Screaming, The Skull) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1942-1958 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lutyens, (Agnes) Elisabeth (1906-1983) |
| Brief: | Composer of contemporary classical music with a sideline in scores for horror films (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Earth Dies Screaming, The Skull) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1981-1983 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lutyens, (Agnes) Elisabeth (1906-1983) |
| Brief: | Composer of contemporary classical music with a sideline in scores for horror films (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Earth Dies Screaming, The Skull) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 76A Belsize Park Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1962-1969 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lutyens, (Agnes) Elisabeth (1906-1983) |
| Brief: | Composer of contemporary classical music with a sideline in scores for horror films (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Earth Dies Screaming, The Skull) |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 King Henry's Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1960, 1971-1979 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lutyens, (Edith Penelope) Mary (1908-1999) |
| Brief: | Writer known for her biographical works on the philosopher Krishnamurti |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1914-1919 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Brief: | Architect of many country houses, war memorials and public buildings, planner of New Delhi, widely considered the leading architect of C20 |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1899-1914 |
| Notes: | Demolished, family home of Lutyens, (Agnes) Elisabeth (1906-1983) and Lutyens, (Edith Penelope) Mary (1908-1999) |
| Name: | Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer (1869-1944) |
| Brief: | Architect of many country houses, war memorials and public buildings, planner of New Delhi, widely considered the leading architect of C20 |
| Category: | Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1914-1919 |
| Notes: | Family home of Lutyens, (Agnes) Elisabeth (1906-1983) |
| Name: | Lyall, Gavin Tudor (1932-2003) |
| Brief: | Writer of spy novels, Chairman of the British Crime Writers Association and winner of the Silver Dagger award |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Provost Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1966-2003 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lyall, Gavin Tudor (1932-2003) |
| Brief: | Writer of spy novels, Chairman of the British Crime Writers Association and winner of the Silver Dagger award |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Nutley Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1959-1965 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lyell, Sir Charles, first baronet (1797-1875) |
| Brief: | Highly influential geologist whose 'Principles of Geology' provided a systematic description of processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, sedimentation and erosion |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 16 Bloomsbury Way |
| Contemp. address: | 16 Hart Street |
| Resident: | 1832-1845 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lyell, Sir Charles, first baronet (1797-1875) |
| Brief: | Highly influential geologist whose 'Principles of Geology' provided a systematic description of processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, sedimentation and erosion |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Raymond Buildings |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1830-1832 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lynch, Thomas Toke (1818-1871) |
| Brief: | Hymn writer, composer, and minister of Mornington Chapel (demolished) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Arlington Road |
| Contemp. address: | 76 Arlington Street |
| Resident: | 1865-1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lynch, Thomas Toke (1818-1871) |
| Brief: | Hymn writer, composer, and minister of Mornington Chapel (demolished) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 72 Albert Street |
| Contemp. address: | 34 Albert Street |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lynch, Thomas Toke (1818-1871) |
| Brief: | Hymn writer, composer, and minister of Mornington Chapel (demolished) |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 351 Kentish Town Road |
| Contemp. address: | 14 York Place |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Lynd, Robert Wilson (1879-1949) |
| Brief: | Writer, editor of poetry, socialist and Irish nationalist, best known for his essays in the New Statesman |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 5 Keats Grove |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1924-1949 |
| Notes: | Family home until 1952 of Lynd, Sylvia [née Dryhurst] (1888-1952) |
| Name: | Lynd, Robert Wilson (1879-1949) |
| Brief: | Writer, editor of poetry, socialist and Irish nationalist, best known for his essays in the New Statesman |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 14 Downshire Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1914-1915 |
| Notes: | Family home of Lynd, Sylvia [née Dryhurst] (1888-1952) |
| Name: | Lynd, Robert Wilson (1879-1949) |
| Brief: | Writer, editor of poetry, socialist and Irish nationalist, best known for his essays in the New Statesman |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 3 Hampstead Mansions, 23 Heath Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911-1912 |
| Notes: | Family home of Lynd, Sylvia [née Dryhurst] (1888-1952) |
| Name: | Lynd, Sylvia [née Dryhurst] (1888-1952) |
| Brief: | Poet, essayist, short story writer and novelist |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | For family home(s), see Lynd, Robert Wilson (1879-1949) |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Downshire Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1888-1901 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lynott, Philip Parris [Phil] (1949-1986) |
| Brief: | Singer, bassist and songwriter. Founder member of Thin Lizzy |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Flat 66, Embassy House, West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1976 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lynott, Philip Parris [Phil] (1949-1986) |
| Brief: | Singer, bassist and songwriter. Founder member of Thin Lizzy |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2A Welbeck Mansions, Inglewood Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1974-1975 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Lyster, Anthony George (1852-1920) |
| Brief: | Engineer in Chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, president of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Gloucester Gate |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1920 |
| Notes: | |
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