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Name:Pack, Faithful Christopher (1760-1840)
Brief:Painter who gained success as a portrait-painter, vice-president of the Royal Hibernian Society
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Sandwich Street
Contemp. address:20 Hadlow Street
Resident:1840
Notes:
  
Name:Page, William Henry (1861-1934)
Brief:Historian and antiquary, general editor of the Victoria County History
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Frognal Cottage, 102 Frognal
Contemp. address:
Resident:1906-1922
Notes:
  
Name:Paget, Henry Marriott (1856-1936)
Brief:Painter and illustrator of over 50 books
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:76 Parkhill Road
Contemp. address:76 Park Road
Resident:1901-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Paget, Violet [pseud. Vernon Lee] (1856-1935)
Brief:Art historian and writer, remembered primarily for her supernatural fiction
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:84 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1882
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Paget, William, Baron Paget (1637-1713)
Brief:Whig politician and ambassador to Vienna and the Ottoman Empire at Constantinople
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1713
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Palgrave [formerly Cohen], Sir Francis (1788-1861)
Brief:Archivist and historian who could be considered the founder of the Public Record Office
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Tensleys, The Green
Contemp. address:
Resident:1846-1861
Notes:Demolished, family home of Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)
  
Name:Palgrave [formerly Cohen], Sir Francis (1788-1861)
Brief:Archivist and historian who could be considered the founder of the Public Record Office
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Highgate Road
Contemp. address:St John's Farm House, Green Street
Resident:1788
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)
Brief:Critic, anthologist and poet, compiler of the 'Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Palgrave [formerly Cohen], Sir Francis (1788-1861)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:15 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1895
Notes:
  
Name:Palmer, Charles Stuart William (1930-2001)
Brief:Judo instructor with a flamboyant personality who attained 10th dan black belt, President of the International Judo Federation and Chairman of the British Olympic Association
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:15 Osnaburgh Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Palmer, George Josiah (1828-1892)
Brief:Editor and founder of the Church Times
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Camden Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1879-1885
Notes:
  
Name:Palmer, George Josiah (1828-1892)
Brief:Editor and founder of the Church Times
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Kingsway
Contemp. address:32 Little Queen Street
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Palmer, Lilli [born Lilli Marie Peiser] (1914-1986)
Brief:Actress and writer who appeared in many British and Hollywood films and won two Golden Globe awards
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Parsifal Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939
Notes:
  
Name:Palmer, Robert Allen (1949-2003)
Brief:Singer and songwriter, widely remembered for 'Addicted to Love' and its accompanying video
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Dennington Park Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1972-1975
Notes:
  
Name:Palmer, Roundell Cecil, third earl of Selborne (1887-1971)
Brief:Administrator, intelligence officer and Conservative politician, minister in charge of the Special Operations Executive during WWII
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Chester Gate
Contemp. address:
Resident:1914-1940
Notes:
  
Name:Palmer, Samuel (1805-1881)
Brief:Landscape painter, etcher and printmaker whose work can be described as romantic, mystical and visionary
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~166 High Holborn
Contemp. address:10 Broad Street
Resident:1820-1826
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Palmer, Samuel (1820-1903)
Brief:Biscuit manufacturer and philanthropist
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 College Crescent
Contemp. address:Northcourt
Resident:1881-1903
Notes:Plaque on nearby fountain & shelter
  
Name:Panizzi, Sir Anthony (1797-1879)
Brief:Principal Librarian of the British Museum
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:143 Gower Street
Contemp. address:2 Gower Street North
Resident:1828-1837
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Panizzi, Sir Anthony (1797-1879)
Brief:Principal Librarian of the British Museum
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:31 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1865-1879
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Panizzi, Sir Anthony (1797-1879)
Brief:Principal Librarian of the British Museum
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:British Museum, Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1865
Notes:
  
Name:Pankhurst [née Goulden], Emmeline (1858-1928)
Brief:Political activist for women's rights who founded the Women's Social and Political Union
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:165 Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1886-1888
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pankhurst [née Goulden], Emmeline (1858-1928)
Brief:Political activist for women's rights who founded the Women's Social and Political Union
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1888-1893
Notes:Demolished, Marchmont Association plaque
  
Name:Pankhurst, (Estelle) Sylvia (1882-1960)
Brief:Suffragette, socialist and later a communist, active in Ethiopian anti-fascism and anti-colonialism movements
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:165 Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1886-1888
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pankhurst, (Estelle) Sylvia (1882-1960)
Brief:Suffragette, socialist and later a communist, active in Ethiopian anti-fascism and anti-colonialism movements
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1888-1893
Notes:Demolished, Marchmont Association plaque
  
Name:Pankhurst, Dame Christabel Harriette (1880-1958)
Brief:Suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:165 Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1886-1888
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pankhurst, Dame Christabel Harriette (1880-1958)
Brief:Suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1888-1893
Notes:Demolished, Marchmont Association plaque
  
Name:Pankhurst, Richard Marsden (1834-1898)
Brief:Barrister and socialist who was a strong supporter of multiple causes and helped found the Independent Labour Party and the Women's Franchise League .
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:165 Hampstead Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1886-1888
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pankhurst, Richard Marsden (1834-1898)
Brief:Barrister and socialist who was a strong supporter of multiple causes and helped found the Independent Labour Party and the Women's Franchise League .
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1888-1893
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Panton [née Frith], Jane Ellen (1847-1923)
Brief:Writer of fiction and interior designer
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Frith, William Powell (1819-1909)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Taviton Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1923
Notes:
  
Name:Pappworth, Maurice Henry (1910-1994)
Brief:Medical ethicist and educationist, best known for his 1967 book 'Human Guinea Pigs'
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Vale Lodge, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962-1994
Notes:
  
Name:Papworth, Edgar George (1809-1866)
Brief:Sculptor of monuments and portrait busts and painter of panoramas of Rome and Naples
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s) after 1814, see Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Gower Street
Contemp. address:83 Gower Street
Resident:1839-1844
Notes:
  
Name:Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Brief:Architect and designer, founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, designed the first 'gin palace' and was the first to use cast iron as a roof support
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Euston Road
Contemp. address:6 Bath Place
Resident:1803-1820
Notes:Demolished, family home of Papworth, John Woody (1820-1870) and Papworth, Edgar George (1809-1866)
  
Name:Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Brief:Architect and designer, founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, designed the first 'gin palace' and was the first to use cast iron as a roof support
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Adeline Place
Contemp. address:10 Caroline Street
Resident:1822-1846
Notes:Demolished, family home of Papworth, John Woody (1820-1870), Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus van Sandau (1822-1894) and Papworth, Edgar George (1809-1866)
  
Name:Papworth, John Woody (1820-1870)
Brief:Architect, designer and antiquary, remembered for 'Papworth's Ordinary', a reference guide to British and Irish coats of arms
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Bloomsbury Way
Contemp. address:13 Hart Street
Resident:1870
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus van Sandau (1822-1894)
Brief:Architect, surveyor, antiquary and curator of Sir John Soane's Museum, remembered for his 'Dictionary of Architecture'
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Bloomsbury Way
Contemp. address:13 Hart Street
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus van Sandau (1822-1894)
Brief:Architect, surveyor, antiquary and curator of Sir John Soane's Museum, remembered for his 'Dictionary of Architecture'
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Bloomsbury Street
Contemp. address:33 Bloomsbury Street
Resident:1881-1893
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus van Sandau (1822-1894)
Brief:Architect, surveyor, antiquary and curator of Sir John Soane's Museum, remembered for his 'Dictionary of Architecture'
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Papworth, John Buonarotti (1775-1847)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1893-1894
Notes:
  
Name:Paraire, Edward Lewis (1826-1882)
Brief:Architect who specialised in pubs, theatres and music halls
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Mornington Crescent
Contemp. address:36 Mornington Crescent
Resident:1866-1882
Notes:
  
Name:Parish, Sir Woodbine (1796-1882)
Brief:Diplomat, traveller and scientist posted to Paris, Buenos Aires and Naples. He surveyed a large part of the Bolivian Andes and published 'published Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:30 Guilford Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1797-1814
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Park, John James (1793-1833)
Brief:Jurist and historian of Hampstead
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:18 Church Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1804-1833
Notes:Hampstead Antiquarian and Historical Society plaque
  
Name:Park, John Ranicar (1779-1847)
Brief:Physiologist and theological writer with an interest in prophecy
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Southampton Place
Contemp. address:11 Southampton Street
Resident:1816-1817
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Park, Patric (1811-1855)
Brief:Sculptor who specialised in portrait busts
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:181 North Gower Street
Contemp. address:8 George Street
Resident:1837-1843
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Park, Sir James Allan (1763-1838)
Brief:Judge, author of 'Treatise on the Law of Marine Insurance'
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1822-1838
Notes:
  
Name:Park, Thomas (1759-1834)
Brief:Antiquary and bibliographer, historian of Hampstead
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:18 Church Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1804-1834
Notes:Hampstead Antiquarian and Historical Society plaque
  
Name:Parke, James, Baron Wensleydale (1782-1868)
Brief:Barrister and judge, Privy Counsellor. He had a passion for fresh air, insisting that court windows should be open even on the coldest day
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:96 Gower Street
Contemp. address:5 Upper Gower Street
Resident:1818-1830
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parker, Charles (1799-1881)
Brief:Architect, steward and surveyor to the duke of Bedford, his 'Villa Rustica' influenced the development of Italianate domestic architecture
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Bedford Avenue
Contemp. address:16 Tavistock Street
Resident:1840-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parker, Charles (1799-1881)
Brief:Architect, steward and surveyor to the duke of Bedford, his 'Villa Rustica' influenced the development of Italianate domestic architecture
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:75 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Parker, Charles (1799-1881)
Brief:Architect, steward and surveyor to the duke of Bedford, his 'Villa Rustica' influenced the development of Italianate domestic architecture
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:48 Parkhill Road
Contemp. address:48 Park Road
Resident:1871-1881
Notes:
  
Name:Parker, James (1757-1805)
Brief:Printmaker, business partner of William Blake, governor of the Society of Engravers
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Spring Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1800-1805
Notes:Location uncertain, demolished
  
Name:Parker, Sir James (1803-1852)
Brief:Judge who became Vice Chancellor of the High Court
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:
  
Name:Parker, Sir James (1803-1852)
Brief:Judge who became Vice Chancellor of the High Court
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Brunswick Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parker, Thomas, first earl of Macclesfield (1667-1732)
Brief:Lord chancellor, Lord Chief Justice and whig MP who was impeached and fined for large-scale corruption
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:51-52 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1718-1725
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parkes, Samuel (1761-1825)
Brief:Chemist, a member of twenty-one learned societies, remembered for his Chemical Catechism, which went through thirteen English editions
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:30 Mecklenburgh Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1822-1825
Notes:Rebuilt
  
Name:Parkinson, James (1730-1813)
Brief:Proprietor of the Leverian Museum which he won in a lottery. The museum contained natural history and ethnographic material collected by Ashton Lever
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Oakshott Court
Contemp. address:5 The Polygon
Resident:1813
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parkinson-Fortescue [née Braham], Frances Elizabeth Anne, Countess Waldegrave (1821-1879)
Brief:Political and society hostess who made four brilliant marriages. Partially restored and re-opened Strawberry Hill House
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1821
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parnell, Charles Stewart (1846-1891)
Brief:Politician and landowner, Irish nationalist MP who was leader of the Home Rule League and the Irish Parliamentary Party
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1880
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parris, Edmund Thomas (1793-1873)
Brief:Architect and painter of portraits and panoramas, history painter to Queen Adelaide, supervised the painting of the huge panorama in the London Colosseum in Regent's Park
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Torrington Place
Contemp. address:27 Francis Street
Resident:1873
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parris, Edmund Thomas (1793-1873)
Brief:Architect and painter of portraits and panoramas, history painter to Queen Adelaide, supervised the painting of the huge panorama in the London Colosseum in Regent's Park
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Parris, Edmund Thomas (1793-1873)
Brief:Architect and painter of portraits and panoramas, history painter to Queen Adelaide, supervised the painting of the huge panorama in the London Colosseum in Regent's Park
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:117 Albany Street
Contemp. address:98 Albany Street
Resident:1831-1832
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parris, Edmund Thomas (1793-1873)
Brief:Architect and painter of portraits and panoramas, history painter to Queen Adelaide, supervised the painting of the huge panorama in the London Colosseum in Regent's Park
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:35 Maitland Park Road
Contemp. address:4 Maitland Park Crescent
Resident:1863
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parry, John Orlando (1810-1879)
Brief:Actor, pianist, artist, comedian, songwriter and singer who enjoyed success with his one-man shows
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Bedford Avenue
Contemp. address:17 Tavistock Street
Resident:1836-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parry, Joseph Haydn (1864-1894)
Brief:Composer of three operas and professor at the Guildhall School of Music
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:87 Broadhurst Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1894
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parry, Sir (William) Edward (1790-1855)
Brief:Royal Navy officer and arctic explorer noted for his attempt to find the Northwest Passage
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Heath End House
Contemp. address:
Resident:1842-1847
Notes:
  
Name:Parsons, Christopher Nicholas (1923-2020)
Brief:Actor, radio and television presenter, host on 'Sale of the Century' and 'Just a Minute'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:326 Finchley Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1939-1951
Notes:
  
Name:Parsons, Christopher Nicholas (1923-2020)
Brief:Actor, radio and television presenter, host on 'Sale of the Century' and 'Just a Minute'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Sandy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957-1960
Notes:
  
Name:Parsons, Christopher Nicholas (1923-2020)
Brief:Actor, radio and television presenter, host on 'Sale of the Century' and 'Just a Minute'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Sandy House, Sandy Road
Contemp. address:Briar Cottage, Sandy Road
Resident:1962-1966
Notes:
  
Name:Parsons, James (1705-1770)
Brief:Physician, antiquary and author who was an active Fellow of the Royal Society and had 31 papers in Philosophical Transactions
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry: 
Address:13 Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1759-1770
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parsons, James (1705-1770)
Brief:Physician, antiquary and author who was an active Fellow of the Royal Society and had 31 papers in Philosophical Transactions
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:2 Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1750-1759
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Parsons, John Meeson (1798-1870)
Brief:Art Collector who donated much of his collection to the V&A
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Raymond Buildings
Contemp. address:
Resident:1837-1869
Notes:
  
Name:Parsons, John Meeson (1798-1870)
Brief:Art Collector who donated much of his collection to the V&A
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:45 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1870
Notes:
  
Name:Partridge [née Marshall], Frances Catherine (1900-2004)
Brief:Diarist and author, the last surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Marshall, William Cecil (1849-1921)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:41 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1926-1930
Notes:
  
Name:Partridge [née Marshall], Frances Catherine (1900-2004)
Brief:Diarist and author, the last surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Marshall, William Cecil (1849-1921)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Great James Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930-1932
Notes:
  
Name:Partridge [née Marshall], Frances Catherine (1900-2004)
Brief:Diarist and author, the last surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Marshall, William Cecil (1849-1921)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Brunswick Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1921-1926
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Partridge, Reginald Sherring [Ralph] (1894-1960)
Brief:Soldier and member of the Bloomsbury Group
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:41 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1926-1930
Notes:
  
Name:Partridge, Reginald Sherring [Ralph] (1894-1960)
Brief:Soldier and member of the Bloomsbury Group
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Great James Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930-1932
Notes:
  
Name:Pasmore, (Edwin John) Victor (1908-1998)
Brief:Artist and teacher, founding member of the Euston Road School
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1938
Notes:
  
Name:Patch, Wally [real name Walter Sydney Vinnicombe] (1888-1970)
Brief:Actor and comedian on stage and screen who had minor roles in 214 films
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:42 Fairhazel Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1945-1959
Notes:
  
Name:Patch, Wally [real name Walter Sydney Vinnicombe] (1888-1970)
Brief:Actor and comedian on stage and screen who had minor roles in 214 films
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:30B Glenmore Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1960-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Patey [née Whytock], Janet Monach (1841-1894)
Brief:Singer with a pure, sonorous and rich contralto voice, tours included America, France, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Euston Station site
Contemp. address:13 Melton Place
Resident:1841
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Patmore, Coventry Kersey Deighton (1823-1896)
Brief:Poet and essayist (The Angel in the House)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Percy Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1863-1864
Notes:LCC blue plaque
  
Name:Patmore, Coventry Kersey Deighton (1823-1896)
Brief:Poet and essayist (The Angel in the House)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Highgate Road
Contemp. address:8 The Grove
Resident:1847-1856
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Patmore, Coventry Kersey Deighton (1823-1896)
Brief:Poet and essayist (The Angel in the House)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Conway Street
Contemp. address:7 Southampton Street
Resident:1841-1845
Notes:
  
Name:Patmore, Coventry Kersey Deighton (1823-1896)
Brief:Poet and essayist (The Angel in the House)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Elmwood?
Contemp. address:Elm Cottage, North End
Resident:1861-1864
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Patteson, John Coleridge (1827-1871)
Brief:Bishop of Melanesia, missionary to the South Sea Islands, linguist, murdered on the island of Nukapu
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Gower Street
Contemp. address:9 Gower Street
Resident:1827-1830
Notes:
  
Name:Patteson, John Coleridge (1827-1871)
Brief:Bishop of Melanesia, missionary to the South Sea Islands, linguist, murdered on the island of Nukapu
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:33 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1831-1851
Notes:Family home
  
Name:Patti, Adelina (1843-1919)
Brief:Soprano famed for the purity and beauty of her lyrical voice
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Primrose Hill Road
Contemp. address:The Hall, Primrose Hill Road
Resident:1881
Notes:Later divided into 6A and 8, demolished
  
Name:Paulet, Lord George (1803-1879)
Brief:Royal Navy officer who occupied Hawaii for a few months in 1843 (the 'Paulet affair')
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:11 Fairfax Road
Contemp. address:11 Victoria Road
Resident:1869
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Paxton, John (~1740-1780)
Brief:Painter of portraits, but also scriptural, classical, and historical subjects, founder member of the Incorporated Society of Artists
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
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Address:19 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:92 Charlotte Street
Resident:1773-1776
Notes:
  
Name:Payne, John (1842-1916)
Brief:Poet and translator best known for his translations of Boccaccio's Decameron, The Arabian Nights and the Diwan Hafez
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1842-1846
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Payne, John (1842-1916)
Brief:Poet and translator best known for his translations of Boccaccio's Decameron, The Arabian Nights and the Diwan Hafez
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Lansdowne Terrace
Contemp. address:5 Lansdowne Place
Resident:1885
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866)
Brief:Satirical novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Senate House site
Contemp. address:1 Torrington Street
Resident:1852-1854
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pearce, John William Ernest (1864-1951)
Brief:Numismatist who was the leading authority on Roman coins of the 4th century AD
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:South Villa, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1951
Notes:
  
Name:Pears, Sir Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986)
Brief:English tenor closely associated with the composer Benjamin Britten
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:105 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1934-1937
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pears, Sir Peter Neville Luard (1910-1986)
Brief:English tenor closely associated with the composer Benjamin Britten
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Chester Gate
Contemp. address:5 Chester Gate
Resident:1953-1958
Notes:
  
Name:Pearse, John (1759-1836)
Brief:Clothier who was denounced for supplying shoddy greatcoats to the army for 16s each, MP for Devizes, Governor of the Bank of England
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:51 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1794-1814
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pearson, (Edward) Hesketh Gibbons (1887-1964)
Brief:Actor, theatre director and writer known mainly for his popular biographies
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Priory Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1946-1964
Notes:
  
Name:Pearson, James (~1740-1838)
Brief:Stained glass painter, played a significant role in the revival of English enamel glass painting
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:38 Goodge Street
Contemp. address:19 Goodge Street
Resident:1836-1838
Notes:
  
Name:Pearson, James (~1740-1838)
Brief:Stained glass painter, played a significant role in the revival of English enamel glass painting
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:112 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1821
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pearson, Karl (1857-1936)
Brief:Mathematician, philosopher of science, biometrician, statistician, eugenist
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:http://www.economics.soton.ac.uk/staff/aldrich/New%20Folder/kp%20hampstead.htm
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Well Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1892-1936
Notes:GLC blue plaque
  
Name:Peart, Charles (1759-1798)
Brief:Sculptor and wax modeller
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Euston Road
Contemp. address:8 New Road
Resident:1792-1793
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Peart, Charles (1759-1798)
Brief:Sculptor and wax modeller
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Euston Road
Contemp. address:12 New Road
Resident:1796-1798
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pease, Edward Reynolds (1857-1955)
Brief:Founding member and first secretary of the Fabian Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Osnaburgh Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1884
Notes:Demolished, GLC blue plaque
  
Name:Pease, Edward Reynolds (1857-1955)
Brief:Founding member and first secretary of the Fabian Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Mornington Terrace
Contemp. address:8 Mornington Road
Resident:1881
Notes:
  
Name:Peele, John Thomas (1822-1897)
Brief:Painter specialising in portraits, landscapes and genre scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:45 Grafton Way
Contemp. address:7 Grafton Street
Resident:1868-1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Peele, John Thomas (1822-1897)
Brief:Painter specialising in portraits, landscapes and genre scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:67 Albert Street
Contemp. address:58 Albert Street
Resident:1881
Notes:
  
Name:Peele, John Thomas (1822-1897)
Brief:Painter specialising in portraits, landscapes and genre scenes
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:51 Hampstead High Street
Contemp. address:51 High Street
Resident:1852-1854
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Peet, Stephen Hubert (1920-2005)
Brief:Filmmaker, best known for his BBC television series 'Yesterday's Witness'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Langbourne Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1959-1983
Notes:
  
Name:Pegram, Henry Alfred (1862-1937)
Brief:Sculptor commissioned for numerous public statues and friezes
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:72 Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1937
Notes:
  
Name:Pegram, Henry Alfred (1862-1937)
Brief:Sculptor commissioned for numerous public statues and friezes
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:320 Euston Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pegram, Henry Alfred (1862-1937)
Brief:Sculptor commissioned for numerous public statues and friezes
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:72 Plender Street
Contemp. address:72 King Street
Resident:1862
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pegram, Henry Alfred (1862-1937)
Brief:Sculptor commissioned for numerous public statues and friezes
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:St John's Lodge
Contemp. address:159 King Henry's Road
Resident:1911
Notes:
  
Name:Pelham-Holles, Thomas, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and Newcastle under Lyme (1693-1768)
Brief:Prime Minister who precipitated the Seven Years' War, "the epitome of unredeemed mediocrity and as a veritable buffoon in office"
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:66 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:Newcastle House
Resident:~1712-1768
Notes:
  
Name:Pemberton, Sir Max (1863-1950)
Brief:Novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. Best known for 'The Iron Pirate'. Founder of the London School of Journalism.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Fitzjohn's Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901-1907
Notes:
  
Name:Pemberton, Sir Max (1863-1950)
Brief:Novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. Best known for 'The Iron Pirate'. Founder of the London School of Journalism.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Aberdare Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1896-1900
Notes:
  
Name:Pemberton, Sir Max (1863-1950)
Brief:Novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. Best known for 'The Iron Pirate'. Founder of the London School of Journalism.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:53 Sherriff Road
Contemp. address:37 Sherriff Road
Resident:1884
Notes:
  
Name:Penfold, Charles (1798-1864)
Brief:Surveyor and valuer, author of 'A practical treatise on the best mode of repairing roads' and 'Penfold on Rating'
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Brunswick Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pennell, William (1765-1860)
Brief:British consul in Brazil
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Cumberland Terrace
Contemp. address:9 Cumberland Terrace
Resident:1841-1860
Notes:Rebuilt as flats behind facade
  
Name:Pennethorne, Sir James (1801-1871)
Brief:Architect, surveyor of the crown estate, major buildings include the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane, the West wing of Somerset House and 6 Burlington Gardens (now part of the Royal Academy)
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Elm Court, Highgate Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1842-1864
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Penny [née Hughes], Anne (1729-1784)
Brief:Poet (An Invocation to the Genius of Britain) and translator from Welsh who married a privateer
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~16 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:15 Bloomsbury Square
Resident:1761
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Penny, Edward (1714-1791)
Brief:Painter of portraits and history scenes, founder member of the Royal Academy
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:57 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:75 Charlotte Street
Resident:1770-1774
Notes:
  
Name:Penrose, James Doyle (1862-1932)
Brief:Portrait painter and sculptor, known for his religious and mythological paintings
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1892-1896
Notes:
  
Name:Penrose, Sir Roland Algernon (1900-1984)
Brief:Artist, historian and poet. One of the organisers of the London International Surrealist Exhibition and co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1947-1948
Notes:
  
Name:Penrose, Sir Roland Algernon (1900-1984)
Brief:Artist, historian and poet. One of the organisers of the London International Surrealist Exhibition and co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1947
Notes:EH blue plaque
  
Name:Pepper, John Henry (1821-1900)
Brief:Scientist and inventor, manager of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, associated with the illusion known as Pepper's ghost
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:136 Maida Vale
Contemp. address:Morton House
Resident:1857-1863
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Perceval, Spencer (1762-1812)
Brief:The only British prime minister to have been assassinated
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1791-1808
Notes:LCC plaque
  
Name:Perceval, Spencer (1762-1812)
Brief:The only British prime minister to have been assassinated
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Belsize House
Contemp. address:
Resident:1798-1807
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Percival, John (1927-2012)
Brief:Dance critic and author, nicknamed 'Poisonous Perce'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Great James Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1956-2002
Notes:
  
Name:Percy [Williams], Sidney Richard (1821-1886)
Brief:Landscape painter; the Williams family is sometimes referred to as the Barnes School
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Williams, Edward (1781-1855)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Cranleigh Street
Contemp. address:11 Johnson Street
Resident:1843-1844
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Percy [Williams], Sidney Richard (1821-1886)
Brief:Landscape painter; the Williams family is sometimes referred to as the Barnes School
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Williams, Edward (1781-1855)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:89 Plender Street
Contemp. address:89 King Street
Resident:1845
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
Brief:Engineer whose inventions included central heating components, printing machinery for adhesive stamps, methods of smelting iron, and a mobile baker's oven
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s) see Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Coram Street
Contemp. address:21 Great Coram Street
Resident:1832-1841
Notes:Demolished, family home of Perkins, Loftus (1834-1891)
  
Name:Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
Brief:Engineer whose inventions included central heating components, printing machinery for adhesive stamps, methods of smelting iron, and a mobile baker's oven
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s) see Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Regent Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:Rebuilt, family home of Perkins, Loftus (1834-1891)
  
Name:Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
Brief:Engineer whose inventions included central heating components, printing machinery for adhesive stamps, methods of smelting iron, and a mobile baker's oven
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s) see Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Upper Woburn Place
Contemp. address:16 Upper Woburn Place
Resident:1861
Notes:Family home of Perkins, Loftus (1834-1891)
  
Name:Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
Brief:Engineer whose inventions included central heating components, printing machinery for adhesive stamps, methods of smelting iron, and a mobile baker's oven
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s) see Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:140 Abbey Road
Contemp. address:44 West Abbey Road
Resident:1871-1881
Notes:Family home of Perkins, Loftus (1834-1891)
  
Name:Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Brief:Inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist who developed an engine and a gun based on high pressure steam technology
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:CHR 30 16-21 (2006)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Regent Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1844-1849
Notes:Demolished, family home of Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
  
Name:Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
Brief:Inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist who developed an engine and a gun based on high pressure steam technology
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:CHR 30 16-21 (2006)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Harpur Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1824-1832
Notes:Demolished, family home of Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
  
Name:Perkins, Loftus (1834-1891)
Brief:Mechanical engineer and inventor. His main achievements were to perfect a high pressure steam engine and a refrigeration system with no moving parts
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Perkins, Angier March (1799-1881)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:148 Abbey Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1887-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Perry, Stephen Joseph (1833-1889)
Brief:Jesuit and astronomer, known for his expeditions to observe eclipses and transits
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1833
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Perryn, Sir Richard (1723-1803)
Brief:Judge who became baron of the exchequer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:31 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1780-1783
Notes:
  
Name:Perugini [née Dickens], Catherine Elizabeth Macready (1839-1929)
Brief:Painter best known for her portraits of children
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:BMA House
Contemp. address:Tavistock House
Resident:1851-1860
Notes:Demolished 1901
  
Name:Pether, Henry (~1800-1880)
Brief:Painter famous for his depiction of moonlit scenes of 19th century Britain, Paris and Venice
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:70 Parkway
Contemp. address:29 Park Street
Resident:1837
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline (1867-1954)
Brief:Women's rights activist and suffragette, treasurer of the Women's Social and Political Union
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Duke's Road
Contemp. address:20 Somerset Terrace
Resident:1895-1901
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Peto, Sir (Samuel) Morton, first baronet (1809-1889)
Brief:Civil engineer, builder, railway developer, and MP. His firms built the Reform Club, The Lyceum, Nelson's Column and the Houses of Parliament
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Russell Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1845-1854
Notes:
  
Name:Petre [née Defries], Kathleen Coad [Kay] (1903-1994)
Brief:Motor racing driver who was a star at the English Brooklands track, taking several lap records
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Parkwood House, 58 Elsworthy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1994
Notes:
  
Name:Petrie [née Urlin], Hilda Mary Isabel (1871-1957)
Brief:Archaeologist who excavated in Egypt, Palestine and Jerusalem
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:For family homes, see Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders (1853-1942)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Upfleet, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1939,1947-1957
Notes:
  
Name:Petrie, John Flinders (1907-1972)
Brief:Mathematician who co-discovered infinite warped polyhedra and (finite) warped polyhedra in the fourth dimension
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:For family homes, see Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders (1853-1942)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Upfleet, Vale of Health
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1939
Notes:
  
Name:Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders (1853-1942)
Brief:Archaeologist who excavated some of the most important sites in Egypt
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Cannon Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1919-1935
Notes:LCC blue plaque, family home of Petrie [née Urlin], Hilda Mary Isabel (1871-1957) and Petrie, John Flinders (1907-1972)
  
Name:Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders (1853-1942)
Brief:Archaeologist who excavated some of the most important sites in Egypt
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Well Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1911
Notes:Family home of Petrie [née Urlin], Hilda Mary Isabel (1871-1957) and Petrie, John Flinders (1907-1972)
  
Name:Pettie, John (1839-1893)
Brief:Painter of historical subjects who enjoyed critical and commercial success
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Fitzroy Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1863-1865
Notes:Rebuilt in facsimile
  
Name:Pettie, John (1839-1893)
Brief:Painter of historical subjects who enjoyed critical and commercial success
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:37 Gloucester Road
Resident:1866-1869
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pettie, John (1839-1893)
Brief:Painter of historical subjects who enjoyed critical and commercial success
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Fitzjohn's Avenue (The Lothians)
Contemp. address:
Resident:1882-1893
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Petty, Florence (1870-1948)
Brief:Cookery writer and broadcaster nicknamed "The Pudding Lady"
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:98 Goldhurst Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1938-1948
Notes:
  
Name:Petty, Florence (1870-1948)
Brief:Cookery writer and broadcaster nicknamed "The Pudding Lady"
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Goldhurst Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930-1934
Notes:
  
Name:Petty, Florence (1870-1948)
Brief:Cookery writer and broadcaster nicknamed "The Pudding Lady"
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Block 3, Vernon Chambers, Southampton Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1918-1920
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Petty, Florence (1870-1948)
Brief:Cookery writer and broadcaster nicknamed "The Pudding Lady"
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:157 Goldhurst Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1937
Notes:
  
Name:Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon (1902-1983)
Brief:Architectural historian who wrote the monumental 46-volume series, The Buildings of England
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2 Wildwood Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1983
Notes:EH blue plaque
  
Name:Philby, Harold Adrian Russell [Kim] (1912-1988)
Brief:MI6 double agent who spied for the Soviet Union
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Acol Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1925-1934
Notes:
  
Name:Philby, Harold Adrian Russell [Kim] (1912-1988)
Brief:MI6 double agent who spied for the Soviet Union
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flat 1, 50 West End Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Philby, Harold Adrian Russell [Kim] (1912-1988)
Brief:MI6 double agent who spied for the Soviet Union
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flat 22, 107 Belsize Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1937
Notes:
  
Name:Philipps, Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet, Viscount St Davids (1917-1991)
Brief:The first person to raise climate change in the houses of parliament, in 1969. Founder of the Pirate Club on the Regent's Canal
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:15 St Mark's Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962-1991
Notes:
  
Name:Phillimore, John George (1808-1865)
Brief:Barrister and Liberal Party politician
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Gower Street
Contemp. address:62 Gower Street
Resident:1808
Notes:
  
Name:Phillip, John (1817-1867)
Brief:Painter best known for his portrayals of Spanish life
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:39 Gloucester Road
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Phillips, Charles (1787-1859)
Brief:Barrister and writer. His letters to Henry Brougham form a valuable archive of the reforms to criminal procedure of the 1830s
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1849-1859
Notes:
  
Name:Phillips, Charles (1787-1859)
Brief:Barrister and writer. His letters to Henry Brougham form a valuable archive of the reforms to criminal procedure of the 1830s
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Rosslyn Hill
Contemp. address:South Grove
Resident:1841
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Phillips, Sir Claude (1846-1924)
Brief:Art historian and critic for The Daily Telegraph and Manchester Guardian, first keeper of the Wallace Collection
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:Gloster Villa, 4 Gloucester Road
Resident:1846-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Phillips, Sir Claude (1846-1924)
Brief:Art historian and critic for The Daily Telegraph and Manchester Guardian, first keeper of the Wallace Collection
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:62 Regent's Park Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1881
Notes:
  
Name:Phillips, Stephen (1864-1915)
Brief:Poet and playwright who failed to capitalize on early success
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:164 Haverstock Hill
Contemp. address:1 Oak Villas
Resident:1871
Notes:
  
Name:Phillips, Thomas (1760-1851)
Brief:Surgeon who became wealthy enough in India to buy a sugar plantation in St Vincent for £40,000. He gave away much of his wealth by buying books on a vast scale and donating them to reading rooms and scientific institutes all over England and Wales
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Brunswick Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1822-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Phillott, Constance (1842-1931)
Brief:Watercolour painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Downshire Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1931
Notes:
  
Name:Phillott, Constance (1842-1931)
Brief:Watercolour painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:54 Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1888-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Phillott, Constance (1842-1931)
Brief:Watercolour painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Bayley Street
Contemp. address:13 Bedford Street
Resident:1842
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Phillott, Constance (1842-1931)
Brief:Watercolour painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:259 Stanhope Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1868-1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Phillott, Constance (1842-1931)
Brief:Watercolour painter
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Dobson Close
Contemp. address:14 Albion Road
Resident:1911
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Philp, Elizabeth (1827-1885)
Brief:Singer, music educator and composer remembered for 'How to Sing an English Ballad'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:142 Camden Street
Contemp. address:19 Camden Terrace
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Philp, Elizabeth (1827-1885)
Brief:Singer, music educator and composer remembered for 'How to Sing an English Ballad'
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:67 Gloucester Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1885
Notes:
  
Name:Phipps, Charles John (1835-1897)
Brief:Architect best known for designing more than 50 theatres
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Mecklenburgh Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1897
Notes:Rebuilt
  
Name:Picken, Andrew (1788-1833)
Brief:Novelist, who also wrote under the pseudonym Christopher Keelivine
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Park Village East?
Contemp. address:
Resident:1833
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Pickersgill, Frederick Richard (1820-1900)
Brief:Painter specialising in historical scenes who contributed the 'Music' section to the frieze around The Royal Albert Hall
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Mornington Crescent
Contemp. address:36 Mornington Crescent
Resident:1847-1857
Notes:
  
Name:Pickersgill, Frederick Richard (1820-1900)
Brief:Painter specialising in historical scenes who contributed the 'Music' section to the frieze around The Royal Albert Hall
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Leigh Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1839-1847
Notes:
  
Name:Pickersgill, Frederick Richard (1820-1900)
Brief:Painter specialising in historical scenes who contributed the 'Music' section to the frieze around The Royal Albert Hall
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Dartmouth Park Hill
Contemp. address:The Elms, Maiden Lane
Resident:1857-1865
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Pigott [née Kemp], (Emily) Jessie (1851-1900)
Brief:Missionary executed by beheading in China
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:
  
Name:Pilbeam, Nova Margery (1919-2015)
Brief:Actress who played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:30 Highgate West Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1959-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Pilbeam, Nova Margery (1919-2015)
Brief:Actress who played leading roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films of the 1930s
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:15 Grove Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1982-2012
Notes:
  
Name:Pinckard, George (1768-1835)
Brief:Physician and author who established the Bloomsbury Dispensary. Founder of the Medical, Clerical and General Life Assurance Office
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:18 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1810-1835
Notes:
  
Name:Pinckard, George (1768-1835)
Brief:Physician and author who established the Bloomsbury Dispensary. Founder of the Medical, Clerical and General Life Assurance Office
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:45 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1802-1805
Notes:
  
Name:Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing (1855-1934)
Brief:Playwright, best known for 'The Second Mrs Tanqueray' and 'Trelawny of the "Wells"'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:329 High Holborn
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pinkerton, John (1758-1826)
Brief:Antiquarian, cartographer, author [pseuds. Robert Heron, H. Bennet], numismatist, historian and early advocate of Germanic racial supremacy
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~14 Tavistock Place
Contemp. address:9 Tavistock Place
Resident:1812
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pinkerton, John Maurice McLean (1919-1997)
Brief:Computer engineer, chief engineer for the 6000-valve LEO (Lyons' Electronic Office) and went on to technical roles with English Electric and ICL
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Duke's Road
Contemp. address:18 Somerset Terrace
Resident:1919-1923
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pinkerton, John Maurice McLean (1919-1997)
Brief:Computer engineer, chief engineer for the 6000-valve LEO (Lyons' Electronic Office) and went on to technical roles with English Electric and ICL
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:61D Belsize Park
Contemp. address:
Resident:1952-1955
Notes:
  
Name:Pinto, Vivian de Sola (1895-1969)
Brief:Poet, literary critic and historian, an authority on D. H. Lawrence who appeared for the defence in the 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover trial.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Fairhaven, 112 Greencroft Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1895
Notes:
  
Name:Pinto, Vivian de Sola (1895-1969)
Brief:Poet, literary critic and historian, an authority on D. H. Lawrence who appeared for the defence in the 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover trial.
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Heathcroft, 8 Heath Drive
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901-1913
Notes:
  
Name:Pinwell, George John (1842-1875)
Brief:Watercolour painter and illustrator who worked for the Dalziel Brothers (e.g. 'Illustrated Goldsmith')
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:52 Adelaide Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pinwell, George John (1842-1875)
Brief:Watercolour painter and illustrator who worked for the Dalziel Brothers (e.g. 'Illustrated Goldsmith')
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:86 Adelaide Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1875
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Piper [née Evans], (Mary) Myfanwy (1911-1997)
Brief:Art critic, editor of 'Axis' and librettist who collaborated with Benjamin Britten
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 England's Lane
Contemp. address:
Resident:1920
Notes:
  
Name:Pitman, Sir Henry Alfred (1808-1908)
Brief:Physician, known for his work on reforming medical education. Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians.
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Howland Street
Contemp. address:41 Howland Street
Resident:1808
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pitman, Sir Henry Alfred (1808-1908)
Brief:Physician, known for his work on reforming medical education. Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians.
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881-1885
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pitman, Sir Henry Alfred (1808-1908)
Brief:Physician, known for his work on reforming medical education. Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians.
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Montague Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841-1856
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pitt, David Thomas, Baron Pitt of Hampstead (1913-1994)
Brief:GP, politician and civil rights campaigner, President of the BMA
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flat 3, 6 Heath Drive
Contemp. address:
Resident:1963-1994
Notes:
  
Name:Pitt, Percival George [Percy] (1869-1932)
Brief:Organist, conductor, composer and Director of Music of the BBC
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:99 Broadhurst Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1926-1928
Notes:
  
Name:Pitt, Percival George [Percy] (1869-1932)
Brief:Organist, conductor, composer and Director of Music of the BBC
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:57 Bartholomew Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1893
Notes:
  
Name:Pitt, Percival George [Percy] (1869-1932)
Brief:Organist, conductor, composer and Director of Music of the BBC
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 Eton Villas
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932
Notes:
  
Name:Pitt, Percival George [Percy] (1869-1932)
Brief:Organist, conductor, composer and Director of Music of the BBC
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1932
Notes:
  
Name:Pitt, Percival George [Percy] (1869-1932)
Brief:Organist, conductor, composer and Director of Music of the BBC
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1912-1920
Notes:
  
Name:Pitt, Robert (1653-1713)
Brief:Physician who published 'The Craft and Frauds of Physick Expos'd', which attacked apothecaries who sold quack medicines
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Hatton Garden
Contemp. address:
Resident:1703-1713
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Pitt, William, first earl of Chatham [known as Pitt the elder] (1708-1778)
Brief:Prime Minister during the Seven Years' War and the beginnings of the American War of Independence.
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Pitt House, North End Avenue
Contemp. address:
Resident:1767
Notes:Demolished, plaque on gatepost
  
Name:Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)
Brief:American poet, novelist, and short-story writer (The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel, The Bell Jar)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:23 Fitzroy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962-1963
Notes:
  
Name:Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)
Brief:American poet, novelist, and short-story writer (The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel, The Bell Jar)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Chalcot Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1960-1961
Notes:EH blue plaque
  
Name:Platt, Sir Thomas Joshua (1788-1862)
Brief:Judge who served as a Baron of the Exchequer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1832-1846
Notes:
  
Name:Platt, Sir Thomas Joshua (1788-1862)
Brief:Judge who served as a Baron of the Exchequer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Cartwright Gardens
Contemp. address:3 Burton Crescent
Resident:1814-1825
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Platt, Thomas Pell (1798-1852)
Brief:Orientalist and biblical translator
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:near Rosecroft Avenue
Contemp. address:Child's Hill House
Resident:1813
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Plimsoll, Samuel (1824-1898)
Brief:Politician and inventor of the indicator line to prevent overloading of ships and the rubber-soled canvas shoe
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Hatton Garden
Contemp. address:
Resident:1857
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Plimsoll, Samuel (1824-1898)
Brief:Politician and inventor of the indicator line to prevent overloading of ships and the rubber-soled canvas shoe
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Harrington Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Plouviez, Peter William (1931-2017)
Brief:Trade union leader, General Secretary of Equity
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:76 Patshull Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1971-1979
Notes:
  
Name:Plouviez, Peter William (1931-2017)
Brief:Trade union leader, General Secretary of Equity
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Bartholomew Villas
Contemp. address:
Resident:1961-1966
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Plowright, (Oliver) Piers (1937-2021)
Brief:Radio producer, three-times winner of the Prix Italia
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9A Church Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937-1943
Notes:
  
Name:Plowright, (Oliver) Piers (1937-2021)
Brief:Radio producer, three-times winner of the Prix Italia
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Church Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1947-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Plowright, (Oliver) Piers (1937-2021)
Brief:Radio producer, three-times winner of the Prix Italia
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:2A Well Walk
Contemp. address:
Resident:1978-2012
Notes:
  
Name:Plowright, (Oliver) Piers (1937-2021)
Brief:Radio producer, three-times winner of the Prix Italia
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Parliament Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:2013-2021
Notes:
  
Name:Plowright, (Oliver) Piers (1937-2021)
Brief:Radio producer, three-times winner of the Prix Italia
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Gayton Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1972-1976
Notes:
  
Name:Plumer, Sir Thomas (1753-1824)
Brief:Judge and politician, the first Vice-Chancellor of England and later Master of the Rolls, defence lawyer for Warren Hastings
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:71 Guilford Street
Contemp. address:1 Upper Guilford Street
Resident:1799-1817
Notes:
  
Name:Plumer, Sir Thomas (1753-1824)
Brief:Judge and politician, the first Vice-Chancellor of England and later Master of the Rolls, defence lawyer for Warren Hastings
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:92 Guilford Street
Contemp. address:21 Upper Guilford Street
Resident:1797-1798
Notes:
  
Name:Plunkett, Edward John Moreton Drax, Baron Dunsany (1878-1957)
Brief:Writer and dramatist who published over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays. Some feel his early work laid grounds for the fantasy genre
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:15 Park Square East
Contemp. address:
Resident:1878
Notes:
  
Name:Pocock, Lewis (1808-1882)
Brief:Art patron, co-founder of the Art Union of London, inventor
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:70 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1882
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pocock, Lewis (1808-1882)
Brief:Art patron, co-founder of the Art Union of London, inventor
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 Gloucester Avenue
Contemp. address:50 Gloucester Road
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pocock, Lewis (1808-1882)
Brief:Art patron, co-founder of the Art Union of London, inventor
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:126 Gower Street
Contemp. address:20 Upper Gower Street
Resident:1855
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pocock, Lewis (1808-1882)
Brief:Art patron, co-founder of the Art Union of London, inventor
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1868-1869
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pocock, Lewis (1808-1882)
Brief:Art patron, co-founder of the Art Union of London, inventor
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Montague Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1841
Notes:
  
Name:Podro, Michael Isaac (1931-2008)
Brief:Art historian, Warburg Institute and University of Essex
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:23 Buckland Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1962-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Podro, Michael Isaac (1931-2008)
Brief:Art historian, Warburg Institute and University of Essex
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:1 Provost Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1967-2008
Notes:
  
Name:Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Brief:Writer, poet, editor, and literary critic known for his tales of mystery and the macabre
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:83 Southampton Row
Contemp. address:47 Southampton Row
Resident:1815
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Polidori, Gaetano (1763-1853)
Brief:Writer, translator and scholar who printed the first editions of some poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:30 Park Village East
Contemp. address:Myrtle Cottage, 15 Park Village East
Resident:1839-1853
Notes:
  
Name:Pollock, Sir (Jonathan) Frederick, first baronet (1783-1870)
Brief:Lawyer, politician and mathematician, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Queen Square
Contemp. address:Queen Square House
Resident:1830-1862
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pollock, Sir (Jonathan) Frederick, first baronet (1783-1870)
Brief:Lawyer, politician and mathematician, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Bedford Row
Contemp. address:
Resident:1821-1829
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pollock, Sir (Jonathan) Frederick, first baronet (1783-1870)
Brief:Lawyer, politician and mathematician, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:23 Bernard Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1817
Notes:
  
Name:Pond, Arthur (1701-1758)
Brief:Portrait painter, engraver and print seller. His reproductions established widespread British appreciation of Italian classical landscape
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1758
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Poole, Elizabeth (1820-1906)
Brief:Singer and actress
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:56 Agar Grove
Contemp. address:27 St Paul's Road
Resident:1854-1865
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poole, Elizabeth (1820-1906)
Brief:Singer and actress
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:58 Mornington Terrace
Contemp. address:58 Mornington Road
Resident:1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poole, Henry George (1814-1876)
Brief:Tailor whose family firm was the first to open on Savile Row
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:16 Marchmont Street
Contemp. address:7 Everett Street
Resident:1814
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poole, John (1785-1872)
Brief:Playwright, author of some forty now forgotten plays with the exception of 'Paul Pry'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:67 Highgate Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1872
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poole, Paul Falconer (1807-1879)
Brief:Painted scenes of rustic life
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://victorianweb.org/painting/poole/index.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:112 Haverstock Hill
Contemp. address:Glydder House
Resident:1855-1872
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poole, Paul Falconer (1807-1879)
Brief:Painted scenes of rustic life
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://victorianweb.org/painting/poole/index.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:203 Camden Rd
Contemp. address:43 Camden Road Villas
Resident:1849-1854
Notes:
  
Name:Poole, Paul Falconer (1807-1879)
Brief:Painted scenes of rustic life
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://victorianweb.org/painting/poole/index.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:75 Fitzjohn's Avenue
Contemp. address:Uplands, Green Hill
Resident:1873-1879
Notes:
  
Name:Pope [née Leigh], Clara Maria (1767-1838)
Brief:Painter of botanical subjects
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:115 Charlotte Street
Contemp. address:49 Upper Charlotte Street
Resident:1789-1793
Notes:Demolished, for marital homes, see Pope, Alexander (1763-1835)
  
Name:Pope, Alexander (1763-1835)
Brief:Miniature painter and actor, best known for roles in Shakespeare tragedies
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1817-1818
Notes:Demolished, marital home of Pope [née Leigh], Clara Maria (1767-1838)
  
Name:Pope, Alexander (1763-1835)
Brief:Miniature painter and actor, best known for roles in Shakespeare tragedies
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:28 Store Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1819-1824
Notes:Rebuilt, marital home of Pope [née Leigh], Clara Maria (1767-1838)
  
Name:Pope, Alexander (1763-1835)
Brief:Miniature painter and actor, best known for roles in Shakespeare tragedies
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:19 Store Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1825-1832
Notes:Demolished, marital home of Pope [née Leigh], Clara Maria (1767-1838)
  
Name:Pope, Alexander (1763-1835)
Brief:Miniature painter and actor, best known for roles in Shakespeare tragedies
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Store Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1833-1835
Notes:Rebuilt, marital home of Pope [née Leigh], Clara Maria (1767-1838)
  
Name:Pope, Dudley Bernard Egerton (1925-1997)
Brief:Writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage novels
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Lyncroft Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957
Notes:
  
Name:Pope, Jane (1744-1818)
Brief:Actress painted by James Roberts in the role of Mrs Page in the Merry Wives of Windsor
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:63 Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1782-1808
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pope-Hennessy, (Richard) James Arthur (1916-1974)
Brief:Biographer and travel writer, 'London Fabric' won the Hawthornden Prize, victim of notorious murder
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:74 Avenue Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1939
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pope-Hennessy, Sir John Wyndham (1913-1994)
Brief:Museum director and art historian, scholar of Italian Renaissance art, director of the V&A and the British Museum
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:74 Avenue Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1936-1939
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Porrett, Robert (1783-1868)
Brief:Chemist, studies ferrocyanides and thiocyanates and rediscovered electroendosmosis
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:49 Bernard Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1856-1868
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Posner [née Rutenka Weisberg], Ruth (1929-2025)
Brief:Dancer, choreographer and actress, Holocaust survivor
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:62A Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:2008-2025
Notes:
  
Name:Pott, Joseph Holden (1758-1847)
Brief:Clergyman, archdeacon of London, a member of the Hackney Phalanx
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1844-1847
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Potter, Francis John (1871-1948)
Brief:Architect who designed the new Hampstead Observatory and the Carlton Tavern in Kilburn
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:For family home(s) see Potter, George William (1832-1919)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:29 Gayton Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1911
Notes:
  
Name:Potter, Francis John (1871-1948)
Brief:Architect who designed the new Hampstead Observatory and the Carlton Tavern in Kilburn
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:For family home(s) see Potter, George William (1832-1919)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:The Rook, Sandy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1924-1948
Notes:
  
Name:Povey, Charles (~1651-1743)
Brief:Pamphleteer, inventor and entrepreneur who operated a local London postal system and founded the Sun Fire Office
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Belsize House
Contemp. address:
Resident:~1705-1720
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Povey, Thomas (~1613-1705)
Brief:Colonial entrepreneur and administrator, founder member of the Royal Society
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Gate Street
Contemp. address:4 Gate Street
Resident:1659-1675
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Ada Louise (1879-1956)
Brief:Designed and painted pottery in Arts & Crafts style
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:See also Powell, Alfred Hoare (1865-1960)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:40 Mecklenburgh Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1922-1925
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Ada Louise (1879-1956)
Brief:Designed and painted pottery in Arts & Crafts style
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:See also Powell, Alfred Hoare (1865-1960)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:20 Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1907
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Alfred Hoare (1865-1960)
Brief:Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:See also Powell, Ada Louise (1879-1956)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:9 Bayley Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1925-1940
Notes:Office & pied a terre?
  
Name:Powell, Alfred Hoare (1865-1960)
Brief:Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:See also Powell, Ada Louise (1879-1956)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Volta House, Windmill Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1916-1920
Notes:
  
Name:Powell, Anthony Dymoke (1905-2000)
Brief:Writer, best known for his 12-volume work 'A Dance to the Music of Time'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Chester Gate
Contemp. address:
Resident:1937-1955
Notes:Anthony Powell Society plaque
  
Name:Powell, Anthony Dymoke (1905-2000)
Brief:Writer, best known for his 12-volume work 'A Dance to the Music of Time'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:47 Great Ormond Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1935-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Powell, Anthony Dymoke (1905-2000)
Brief:Writer, best known for his 12-volume work 'A Dance to the Music of Time'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Brunswick Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933-1934
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Anthony Dymoke (1905-2000)
Brief:Writer, best known for his 12-volume work 'A Dance to the Music of Time'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:33 Tavistock Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1930-1932
Notes:
  
Name:Powell, Frederick York (1850-1904)
Brief:Historian with a special interest in Scandinavian literature, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1850-1851
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Hugh (1798-1883)
Brief:Designer and maker of microscopes, a pioneer of very high powers in objectives. Powell & Lealand was a major manufacturer of microscopes throughout the 19th century
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/people/powell.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Werrington Street
Contemp. address:24 Clarendon Street
Resident:1832-1846
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Hugh (1798-1883)
Brief:Designer and maker of microscopes, a pioneer of very high powers in objectives. Powell & Lealand was a major manufacturer of microscopes throughout the 19th century
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/people/powell.html
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:170 Euston Road
Contemp. address:4 Seymour Place
Resident:1846-1883
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Powell, Richard (1766-1834)
Brief:Physician who gave the first clinical description of Bell's palsy
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:7 Bedford Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1817-1823
Notes:
  
Name:Powlett, Harry, sixth duke of Bolton (1720-1794)
Brief:Naval officer and politician, acquitted in two sensational courts martial
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Russell Square
Contemp. address:Bolton House
Resident:1770-1794
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836-1919)
Brief:Painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy and director of the National Gallery
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Grafton Way
Contemp. address:28 Grafton Street
Resident:1861-1864
Notes:
  
Name:Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836-1919)
Brief:Painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy and director of the National Gallery
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:62 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1865-1866
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836-1919)
Brief:Painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy and director of the National Gallery
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:106 Gower Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1867-1869
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pratt, Charles, first Earl Camden (1714-1794)
Brief:Lawyer, judge and Whig politician who served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Attorney-General and Lord High Chancellor. He began the development of Camden Town on land inherited by his wife.
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Contemp. address:
Resident:1756-1758
Notes:
  
Name:Pratt, Joseph Bishop (1854-1910)
Brief:Mezzotint engraver known particularly for his engravings of animal and landscape pictures
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:283 Royal College Street
Contemp. address:4 College Terrace
Resident:1854
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pratt, Joseph Bishop (1854-1910)
Brief:Mezzotint engraver known particularly for his engravings of animal and landscape pictures
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:24 Kentish Town Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1874
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pratt, Joseph Bishop (1854-1910)
Brief:Mezzotint engraver known particularly for his engravings of animal and landscape pictures
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
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Address:31 Dartmouth Park Avenue
Contemp. address:Lonsdale House, Dartmouth Park Avenue
Resident:1878-1890
Notes:
  
Name:Pratt, Joseph Bishop (1854-1910)
Brief:Mezzotint engraver known particularly for his engravings of animal and landscape pictures
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
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Address:48 Laurier Road?
Contemp. address:Northover, Dartmouth Park Avenue
Resident:1891-1895
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Pratt, Josiah (1768-1844)
Brief:Evangelical clergyman who opposed the Oxford movement and took part in the formation of the Church Pastoral Aid Society
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Doughty Street
Contemp. address:1 Doughty Street
Resident:1798-1826
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pratt, Sir John (1657-1725)
Brief:Judge and politician who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Father of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
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Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Great Ormond Street
Contemp. address:Ormond Street
Resident:1725
Notes:Location uncertain
  
Name:Preece, Sir William Henry (1834-1913)
Brief:Electrical engineer and administrator with interests in telegraphy and telephony
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Park Square East
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851
Notes:
  
Name:Pressburger, Emeric [Imre Josef] (1902-1988)
Brief:Screenwriter, film director, and producer best known for his collaborations with Michael Powell (e.g. 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp', 'A Matter of Life and Death', 'Black Narcissus', 'The Red Shoes')
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:70 Redington Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1947-1956
Notes:
  
Name:Price, (Lillian) Nancy Bache (1880-1970)
Brief:Actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director, a founder of the People's National Theatre
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Endsleigh Place
Contemp. address:5 Gordon Place
Resident:1936-1941
Notes:
  
Name:Price, Cedric John (1934-2003)
Brief:Architect, teacher and writer on architecture, designer of the Snowdon Aviary at London Zoo
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:140A Haverstock Hill
Contemp. address:
Resident:1957-1960
Notes:
  
Name:Price, Harry (1881-1948)
Brief:Writer and psychical researcher, best known for his investigation of the purportedly haunted Borley Rectory in Essex
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Red Lion Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1881
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Price, William Frederick Lake (1810-1896)
Brief:Watercolourist and photographer of elaborately staged scenes from history or literature
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:46 Warren Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1828-1849
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Prichard, James Cowles (1786-1848)
Brief:Physician and ethnologist with broad interests in physical anthropology and psychiatry. He originated the term "senile dementia"
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:1 Woburn Place
Contemp. address:
Resident:1848
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Priestley, John Boynton (1894-1984)
Brief:Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator (The Good Companions)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 The Grove
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933-1939
Notes:EH brown plaque
  
Name:Priestley, John Boynton (1894-1984)
Brief:Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator (The Good Companions)
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:27 Well Walk
Contemp. address:
Resident:1929-1931
Notes:Hampstead black plaque
  
Name:Prince, Mary (~1788-1833 or later)
Brief:Freed slave, 'The History of Mary Prince' was the first account of the life of a black slave woman to be published in the United Kingdom
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:4 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1829
Notes:Demolished, Nubian Jak plaque nearby
  
Name:Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834)
Brief:Poet, journalist and philanthropist, known as the father of South African poetry
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:7 Holly Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1833-1834
Notes:
  
Name:Prior, Edward Schroder (1852-1932)
Brief:Arts & Crafts architect who was a major contributor to the development of the Art Workers Guild, established the School of Architectural Studies at the University of Cambridge
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Bloomsbury Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1885-1889
Notes:
  
Name:Pritchard [née Vaughan], Hannah (1709-1768)
Brief:Actress who regularly played opposite David Garrick. Her focus was primarily on the part she played, rather than on herself.
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:67 Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1750
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pritchard [née Vaughan], Hannah (1709-1768)
Brief:Actress who regularly played opposite David Garrick. Her focus was primarily on the part she played, rather than on herself.
Category:Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:56 Great Queen Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1745
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pritchard, John Craven (1899-1992)
Brief:Furniture manufacturer who managed the company that commissioned the Isokon building
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Flat 32, Isokon, Lawn Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1934-1957
Notes:
  
Name:Pritchard, John Craven (1899-1992)
Brief:Furniture manufacturer who managed the company that commissioned the Isokon building
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:37 Belsize Park Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1933-1934
Notes:
  
Name:Pritchard, John Craven (1899-1992)
Brief:Furniture manufacturer who managed the company that commissioned the Isokon building
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:6 Compayne Gardens
Contemp. address:
Resident:1899
Notes:
  
Name:Pritchett, Sir Victor Sawdon (1900-1997)
Brief:Writer and critic known particularly for his short stories
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:36 Parkhill Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1948-1949
Notes:
  
Name:Pritchett, Sir Victor Sawdon (1900-1997)
Brief:Writer and critic known particularly for his short stories
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:12 Regent's Park Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1958-1997
Notes:
  
Name:Pritchett, Sir Victor Sawdon (1900-1997)
Brief:Writer and critic known particularly for his short stories
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:13 Rudall Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1934-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Procter [née Shaw], Doris Margaret [Dod] (1890-1972)
Brief:Painter, one of her paintings 'Morning' was bought for the nation by the Daily Mail in 1927.
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:14 Greencroft Gardens
Contemp. address:7 Greencroft Gardens
Resident:1890-1891
Notes:
  
Name:Procter [née Shaw], Doris Margaret [Dod] (1890-1972)
Brief:Painter, one of her paintings 'Morning' was bought for the nation by the Daily Mail in 1927.
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:32 Elsworthy Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1931-1936
Notes:
  
Name:Procter [née Shaw], Doris Margaret [Dod] (1890-1972)
Brief:Painter, one of her paintings 'Morning' was bought for the nation by the Daily Mail in 1927.
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:26 Primrose Gardens
Contemp. address:26 Stanley Gardens
Resident:1929-1930
Notes:
  
Name:Procter, Adelaide Anne [pseud. Mary Berwick] (1825-1864)
Brief:Poet, activist for women's rights and philanthropist. Said to be the favourite poet of Queen Victoria. Her poem, "A Lost Chord", supplied the lyrics for "The Lost Chord"
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1825
Notes:
  
Name:Procter, Bryan Waller (1787-1874)
Brief:Lawyer, Commissioner in Lunacy and poet who published under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:25 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1825-1832
Notes:
  
Name:Procter, Bryan Waller (1787-1874)
Brief:Lawyer, Commissioner in Lunacy and poet who published under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:~112 Southampton Row
Contemp. address:14 Southampton Row
Resident:1825
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Procter, Joan Beauchamp (1897-1931)
Brief:Zoologist, first female Curator of Reptiles at London Zoo where she designed Monkey Hill (demolished) and the Reptile House
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8-9 St Mark's Square
Contemp. address:Flat 1, St Mark's House
Resident:1926-1931
Notes:
  
Name:Procter, Joan Beauchamp (1897-1931)
Brief:Zoologist, first female Curator of Reptiles at London Zoo where she designed Monkey Hill (demolished) and the Reptile House
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:144 Adelaide Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1924-1925
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Profumo, John Dennis [Jack] (1915-2006)
Brief:Politician whose career ended in 1963 after lying to parliament about his relationship with Christine Keeler - 'the Profumo affair'
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:3 Chester Terrace
Contemp. address:
Resident:1948-1965
Notes:
  
Name:Prothero, Sir George Walter (1848-1922)
Brief:Historian, writer and academic who served as president of the Royal Historical Society and was editor of the Quarterly Review
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:24 Bedford Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1901-1922
Notes:
  
Name:Prout, John Skinner (1805-1876)
Brief:Painter and lithographer who lived for a time in Australia, making sketching tours
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:156 Camden Street
Contemp. address:12 Camden Terrace
Resident:1851
Notes:
  
Name:Prout, John Skinner (1805-1876)
Brief:Painter and lithographer who lived for a time in Australia, making sketching tours
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:22 Rochester Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1859-1867
Notes:
  
Name:Prout, John Skinner (1805-1876)
Brief:Painter and lithographer who lived for a time in Australia, making sketching tours
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:38 St Augustine's Road
Contemp. address:36 St Augustine's Road
Resident:1856-1858
Notes:
  
Name:Prout, John Skinner (1805-1876)
Brief:Painter and lithographer who lived for a time in Australia, making sketching tours
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:4 Leighton Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1876
Notes:
  
Name:Prout, John Skinner (1805-1876)
Brief:Painter and lithographer who lived for a time in Australia, making sketching tours
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:43 Marchmont Street
Contemp. address:7 Marchmont Street
Resident:1838-1840
Notes:Marchmont Association plaque
  
Name:Prout, William (1785-1850)
Brief:Chemist, physician, and natural theologian, remembered for 'Prout's hypothesis' that atomic weights are integer multiples of that of hydrogen
Category:Science, engineering & mathematics
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:8 Southampton Place
Contemp. address:8 Southampton Street
Resident:1815-1821
Notes:
  
Name:Prowse, William (1752-1826)
Brief:Naval officer who commanded ships at Cape St Vincent under Jervis, Cape Finisterre under Calder and Trafalgar under Nelson
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:109 Euston Road
Contemp. address:3 Tonbridge Place
Resident:1826
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Prynne, William (1600-1669)
Brief:Lawyer, writer, polemicist and political figure. A prominent Puritan opponent of church policy, his attacks caused him to be imprisoned in the Tower of London and have his ears cut off (twice),
Category:Religion, reform & social science
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:Old Square, Lincoln's Inn
Contemp. address:Garden Court
Resident:1657-1669
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pugin, Auguste Charles (1768-1832)
Brief:Artist and architectural draughtsman who worked mainly on illustrations for books, such as the 'Microcosm of London'
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:39 Keppel Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1809-1819
Notes:Demolished, family home of Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812-1852)
  
Name:Pugin, Auguste Charles (1768-1832)
Brief:Artist and architectural draughtsman who worked mainly on illustrations for books, such as the 'Microcosm of London'
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:106 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:105 Great Russell Street
Resident:1823-1832
Notes:Bedford estate plaque
  
Name:Pugin, Auguste Charles (1768-1832)
Brief:Artist and architectural draughtsman who worked mainly on illustrations for books, such as the 'Microcosm of London'
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:34 Store Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1819-1823
Notes:Rebuilt, family home of Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812-1852)
  
Name:Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812-1852)
Brief:Architect, writer, and designer, champion of the Gothic revival. Designed the interior of the Palace of Westminster
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:For family home(s), see Pugin, Auguste Charles (1768-1832)
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:106 Great Russell Street
Contemp. address:105 Great Russell Street
Resident:1823-1833
Notes:Bedford estate plaque
  
Name:Pugin, Edward Welby (1834-1875)
Brief:Architect who designed and completed more than one hundred Catholic churches
Category:Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Gordon Square
Contemp. address:
Resident:1858-1861
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Puigblanch, Antonio (1755-1840)
Brief:Philologist and politician, author of 'The Inquisition unmasked', which caused his exile from Spain
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB: 
Other ref.:
Ancestry: 
Address:Cranleigh Street
Contemp. address:51 Johnson Street
Resident:1840
Notes:Demolished, location uncertain
  
Name:Pulling, Alexander (1813-1895)
Brief:Legal writer who was one of the last surviving serjeants-at-law. Frequently represented the City of London both in court and before parliamentary committees
Category:Politics & administration (incl. law & economics)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:5 Endsleigh Place
Contemp. address:5 Gordon Place
Resident:1856-1860
Notes:
  
Name:Purcell, John (~1674-1730)
Brief:Physician known for 'A Treatise of Vapours or Hysteric Fits'
Category:Medicine
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/a-treatise-of-vapours-or-hysterick-fits-john-purcell-1707ad.htm
Ancestry: 
Address:10 Denmark Street
Contemp. address:
Resident:1730
Notes:
  
Name:Purey-Cust, Sir Herbert Edward (1857-1938)
Brief:Royal Navy officer who rose to rank of admiral and Hydrographer to the navy
Category:Other (incl. business, military & exploration)
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:82 Highgate West Hill
Contemp. address:Hollyside, 49 West Hill
Resident:1912-1938
Notes:
  
Name:Puseley, Daniel (1814-1882)
Brief:Writer, pen name Frank Foster, whose most commercially successful book was 'The Rise and Progress of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand'
Category:Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing)
Wikipedia: 
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:21 Rochester Road
Contemp. address:
Resident:1851-1882
Notes:Demolished
  
Name:Pye, John (1782-1874)
Brief:Engraver, highly regarded by Turner and Landseer, who fought the Royal Academy's refusal to recognise engravers as the equals of painters and sculptors
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:17 Gloucester Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1871-1874
Notes:
  
Name:Pye, John (1782-1874)
Brief:Engraver, highly regarded by Turner and Landseer, who fought the Royal Academy's refusal to recognise engravers as the equals of painters and sculptors
Category:Printmaking & photography
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:10 St Mark's Crescent
Contemp. address:
Resident:1861
Notes:
  
Name:Pyne, James Baker (1800-1870)
Brief:Landscape painter influenced by J. M. W. Turner
Category:Painting & drawing
Wikipedia:Wikipedia
ODNB:ODNB
Other ref.:
Ancestry:Ancestry
Address:203 Camden Road
Contemp. address:43 Camden Road Villas
Resident:1861-1870
Notes:
  

 

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