"ROBERT ADAM THOMAS HOOD JOHN GALSWORTHY SIR JAMES BARRIE AND OTHER EMINENT ARTISTS AND WRITERS LIVED HERE"

"In this house occupied by THOMAS DAVIES Bookseller DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON first met JAMES BOSWELL in 1763"

"In a House formerly standing on this site lived SAMUEL PEPYS 1633–1703 Diarist & ROBERT HARLEY Earl of Oxford 1661–1724 Statesman And in this House lived WILLIAM ETTY 1787–1849 Painter & CLARKSON STANFIELD 1793–1867 Painter"

"SIR JOSEPH BANKS 1743–1820 PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY ROBERT BROWN 1773–1858 AND DAVID DON 1800–1841 BOTANISTS LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE THE LINNEAN SOCIETY MET HERE 1821–1857"

"THE ADELPHI THIS BUILDING STANDS ON THE SITE OF ADELPHI TERRACE BUILT BY THE BROTHERS ADAM IN 1768–1774. AMONG THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TERRACE WERE TOPHAM AND LADY DIANA BEAUCLERK, DAVID GARRICK, RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE, THOMAS HARDY & GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE SAVAGE CLUB ALSO HAD THEIR PREMISES HERE"

"Painter lived here 1886–1912"

"Dance Band Leader lived and played here 1927–1940"

"Artist and Illustrator lived here 1920–1972"

"Industrialist and Inventor lived here"

"Composer lived here"

"POET and CRITIC lived here"

"STATESMAN lived here"

"First woman to sit in Parliament lived here"

"Physicist lived here 1903–1923"

"Writer, Banker and Economist lived here"

"IN 1926 IN THIS HOUSE JOHN LOGIE BAIRD 1888–1946 FIRST DEMONSTRATED TELEVISION"

"Cartoonist lived here"

"PRIME MINISTER lived here"

"Musical Composer Lived here"

"Colonial administrator lived and died here"

"ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETT POETESS, AFTERWARDS WIFE OF ROBERT BROWNING, LIVED HERE 1838–1846"

"NOVELIST AND DRAMATIST lived here"

"ARCHITECT lived here"

Sculptor lived here 1931–1953

"Civil Engineer lived here"

"ARTIST lived here"

"Admiral and Hydrographer lived here"

"Conductor and Impresario lived here"

"First Prime-Minister of Israel lived here"

"MUSICAL COMPOSER Lived and died here"

"Composer lived here"

"Botanist lived here 1864–1884"

"COMPOSER stayed here in 1851"

"Trade Union Leader and Statesman lived here in flat No.8 1931–1939"

"Diplomat Poet and Traveller Founder of Crabbet Park Arabian Stud lived here"

"Architect lived here 1862–1873"

"Liberator of Latin America lodged here in 1810"

"Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury Politician and writer lived here"

"BIOGRAPHER Lived and died in a house on this site"

"BOW STREET WAS FORMED ABOUT 1637. IT HAS BEEN THE RESIDENCE OF MANY NOTABLE MEN AMONG WHOM WERE HENRY FIELDING (NOVELIST). SIR JOHN FIELDING (MAGISTRATE). GRINLING GIBBONS (WOODCARVER). CHARLES MACKLIN (ACTOR). JOHN RADCLIFFE (PHYSICIAN). CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET (POET). WILLIAM WYCHERLEY (DRAMATIST)."

"Writer lived here 1935–1952"

"Singer lived here 1933–1934"

"Landscape Gardener lived here 1723–1738"

"Physician lived here"

"last Rajah of Sarawak lived here"

POET LIVED HERE

Poet lived in a house on this site 1838–1846

"Leader of Fashion lived here"

"lived and died here"

AUTHOR AND STATESMAN LIVED HERE

"WRITER lived here"

"MADAME D'ARBLAY (FANNY BURNEY) AUTHORESS. LIVED HERE. BORN 1752. DIED 1840."

"Architect and Author of Vitruvius Britannicus lived and died here"

"Prime Minister lived here"

"Antonio Canal called Canaletto (1697–1768) Venetian Painter Lived here"

"Statesman lived here"

"discovered here 23 February 1820"

"SCIENTIST and PIONEER of AVIATION lived here"

"Creator of the League of Nations lived here"

"Prime Minister lived here"

"last Bourbon King of France lived here 1805–1814"

"The workshop of THOMAS CHIPPENDALE and his son, cabinet makers, stood near this site 1753–1813"

"From this house in 1848 FREDERIC CHOPIN 1810–1849 went to Guildhall to give his last public performance"

"STATESMAN lived here 1883–1892"

"Art historian and broadcaster"

"THEATRICAL WIGMAKER lived and died here"

"SOLDIER AND ADMINISTRATOR lived here"

"Composer lived here in Flat 176 1930–1939"

"Died Here"

"Here lived THOMAS COCHRANE Earl of Dundonald 1775–1860 and later DAVID, EARL BEATTY, O.M. 1871–1936 Admirals"

"POET AND PHILOSOPHER lived in a house on this site 1812–1813"

"NOVELIST lived here"

"Novelist lived here"

"Philanthropist and founder of the Old Vic lived and worked here"

"Conductor and Orchestra Reformer lived here 1857–1883"

"Bare Knuckle Boxing Champion lived here"

"Master Builder lived here"

"Author and anti-slavery campaigner lived and worked in Schomburg House 1784–1791"

"Statesman Viceroy of India lived and died here"

"Painter lived here"

"Founder of Girton College, Cambridge lived here"

"President of the French National Committee set up the Headquarters of the Free French Forces here in 1940"

"wrote Confessions of an English Opium Eater in this house"

"BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Statesman 1804–1881 Died Here"

"POET. LIVED HERE"

"Ophthalmologist lived and worked here 1934–1976"

"ESSEX STREET was laid out in the grounds of Essex House by NICHOLAS BARBON in 1675 Among many famous lawyers who lived here were Sir ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN c.1606–1674 Lord Keeper HENRY FIELDING 1707–1754 Novelist and BRASS CROSBY 1725–1793 Lord Mayor of London JAMES SAVAGE 1779–1852 Architect had his office here. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART stayed at a house in the street in 1750. Rev. THEOPHILUS LINDSEY 1723–1808 Unitarian Minister founded Essex Street Chapel here in 1774. Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON established an evening club at the Essex Head in 1783"

"Actress lived here"

"REFORMER lived here"

"MAN OF SCIENCE. APPRENTICE HERE."

"Nursing Reformer lived here 1887–1924"

"Novelist lived here"

"Admiral of the Fleet LORD FISHER 1841–1920 lived here as First Sea Lord 1904–1910"

"Creator of James Bond lived here"

"Scientist and Electrical Engineer lived here"

"Prima Ballerina Assoluta lived here in Flat 9"

Statesman Lived Here

"Sculptor lived and worked here 1894–1908"

"Chemical Scientist lived here 1870–1880"

"LIVED HERE"

"Painter lived and died here"

"Artist lived here 1788–1803"

"Commander of British Forces in North America lived here"

"ARTIST lived here"

"EXPLORER STATISTICIAN FOUNDER OF EUGENICS LIVED HERE FOR FIFTY YEARS"

"Film Star lived and died here"

"The first woman to qualify as a Doctor in Britain lived here"

"HISTORIAN lived in a house on this site 1773–1783"

"Pilot Leader of the Dambusters Raid lived here"

"Actor and Director lived here 1945–1976"

"Statesman Lived here"

"FOUNDER OF CANTERBURY NEW ZEALAND lived and died here"

"Clerk to the London County Council Folklorist and Historian lived here 1895–1909"

"ANATOMIST lived here"

"HISTORIAN lived in a house on this site 1869–1876"

"Foreign Secretary lived here"

"ACTOR and AUTHOR lived here"

"ACTOR-MANAGER lived here"

"Historian Died Here"

"STATESMAN LAWYER AND PHILOSOPHER LIVED HERE"

"Historian Lived Here"

"Composer lived in this house from 1723 and died here"

"Radio Comedian lived here"

"American Writer lived and died here"

"Court Dressmaker lived and worked here 1935–1979"

"BENJAMIN HAYDON 1786–1846 Painter and CHARLES ROSSI 1762–1839 Sculptor lived here"

"Essayist Died Here"

"German Poet and Essayist (1799–1856) Lived Here 1827"

"1901–1980 Sculptors lived and worked here in 1927"

"Guitarist and Songwriter lived here 1968–1969"

"RUSSIAN POLITICAL THINKER lived here 1860–1863"

"Housing Reformer Co-founder of The National Trust began her work here"

"Postal Reformer Lived Here"

"Founder of the Polytechnic, Regent Street lived here 1885–1898"

"Poet lived and died here"

"Statesman lived here"

"Pioneer of Neurosurgery and Social Reformer lived here"

"scientist and inventor of the microphone lived and worked here"

"THIS WAS THE HOME AND MUSEUM OF DR WILLIAM HUNTER ANATOMIST 1718–1783"

"Surgeon Lived Here"

"STATESMAN lived here"

"Surgeon, Scientist, and Teacher lived here"

"Biologist Lived Here"

"ACTOR lived here 1872–1899"

"American Writer lived here"

"Lawyer and Statesman lived and died here"

"Founder of the Women's Voluntary Services worked at its headquarters here 1938–1966"

"PHYSICIAN lived here"

"Pioneer Psychoanalyst lived here"

"Greek Poet and Patriot lived here"

"Portrait Painter lived here 1916–1972"

"Stained glass artist lived and worked here"

"First President of the Republic of Kenya lived here 1933–1937"

"Pioneer of Computing lived here"

"poet and story writer lived here 1889–1891"

"Lived here 1914–15"

"Psychoanalyst and Pioneer of Child Analysis lived here"

"Painters lived here"

"Painter lived here"

"Film Producer worked here 1932–1936"

"Social Reformer lived here"

"Lawrence of Arabia" lived here

"Actress lived here"

"Musician and Songwriter lived here in 1968"

"The house and studio of John Linnell 1792–1882 Painter later occupied by Camille Silvy 1834–1910 Photographer"

"SURGEON LIVED HERE"

"THEIR HORTICULTURAL WORK GAVE NEW BEAUTY TO LONDON SQUARES"

"Born here"

"Colonial Administrator lived here 1912–1919"

"In a house on this site lived from 1854–1875 SIR CHARLES LYELL Geologist and from 1876–1882 W.E. GLADSTONE Statesman"

"Writer lived and died here"

"Founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief lived here"

"Policeman and Olympic Boxing Champion in 1920 and 1924 lived and worked here"

"SHAKESPEARIAN SCHOLAR lived here 1779–1812"

"CIVIL ENGINEER lived here"

"Lived here"

"Father of Modern Tropical Medicine lived here"

"THE PIONEER OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION lived here in 1896–1897"

"NOVELIST lived here"

"lived here 1851–56"

"Poet Laureate lived here 1907–1912"

"Novelist and playwright lived here 1911–1919"

"Christian Philosopher and Educationalist lived here 1862–1866"

"Philanthropist and Patron of Music lived here in flat No.31"

"Author of Moby Dick lived here in 1849"

"Composer stayed here"

"Violinist, conductor and teacher lived here"

"Austrian Statesman lived here in 1848"

"POET and ESSAYIST lived here"

"Philosophers lived here 1814–1831"

"NEAR THIS SITE STOOD MILLBANK PRISON, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1816 AND CLOSED IN 1890. THIS BUTTRESS STOOD AT THE HEAD OF THE RIVER STEPS FROM WHICH, UNTIL 1867, PRISONERS SENTENCED TO TRANSPORTATION EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIA."

"STATESMAN lived here"

"Writer worked here 1942–1945"

"Philanthropist and Jewish Leader lived here for sixty years"

"AUTHOR Lived and died here"

"POET lived here"

"American painter, and inventor of the Morse Code lived here 1812–1815"

"Last Viceroy and Vicereine of India lived here"

"composed his first symphony here in 1764"

"Dressmaker and Fashion Designer worked here 1966-1995"

"Short Story Writer lived here"

"American Broadcaster lived here in flat No.5 1938–1946"

"LIVED HERE 1848"

"The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was based here 1910-1918"

"NELSON LIVED HERE IN 1797. BORN 1758. FELL AT TRAFALGAR 1805"

"lived here in 1798"

"Lived here"

"Writers and Gardeners lived here"

"in a house on this site FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 1820–1910 lived and died"

"Olympic Sportsman Campaigner for Peace and Disarmament lived here"

"SCULPTOR lived and died in a house on this site"

"Champion of women's legal rights lived here 1845–1877"

"Composer and Actor Manager lived and died in a flat on the top floor of this building"

"Actress First occupant of this house 1725–1730"

"SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM 1728 TO 1761 LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE"

"Aircraft designer and manufacturer lived here in Flat 3"

"Compiler of the "Golden Treasury" lived here 1862–1875"

"Statesman lived here"

"PRIME MINISTER born here"

"IN THIS HOUSE FORMERLY A ROYAL RESIDENCE LIVED LORD PALMERSTON (1784–1865) Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary"

"Indian Statesman lived here"

"Philanthropist died here"

"Founder of St Dunstan’s (Blind Veterans UK) lived and worked here"

"Here lived and died JOHN LOUGHBOROUGH PEARSON 1817–1897 and later SIR EDWIN LANDSEER LUTYENS 1869–1944 Architects"

"SIR ROBERT PEEL 1750–1830 Manufacturer and reformer and his son SIR ROBERT PEEL 1788–1850 Prime Minister Founder of the Metropolitan Police lived here"

"Prime Minister lived here"

"DIARIST AND SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY lived here 1679–1688"

"Prime Minister Supporter of American Independence lived here"

"PLAYWRIGHT lived here 1909–1934"

"Here lived Three Prime Ministers WILLIAM PITT Earl of Chatham 1708–1778 Edward Geoffrey Stanley EARL OF DERBY 1799–1869 William Ewart GLADSTONE 1809–1898"

"lived here 1803 to 1804"

"Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers 1827–1900 Anthropologist and Archaeologist lived here"

"THESE TWO HOUSES WERE THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSY 1724–1747 THE MARQUESS OF POMBAL Portuguese Statesman Ambassador 1739–1744 lived here"

"Film-Makers worked here in Flat 120"

"PRIME MINISTER and first Chairman of the London County Council was born here"

"Industrialist and Film Producer worked here"

"Pioneer of Family Allowances lived here"

"Sculptor worked here in Studio 3 1910–1914"

"First Director-General of the BBC lived here 1924–1930"

"Turkish Statesman and Reformer lived here as Ambassador in 1839"

"PORTRAIT PAINTER lived and died in a house on this site"

"Painter lived here 1843–1896"

"Potter lived and worked here from 1939 until her death"

"Neurologist lived and worked here from 1902"

"LIVED HERE"

"Health Care Reformer lived here"

"Pioneer of Motoring and Aviation worked here 1905–1910"

"Nobel Laureate Discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria lived here"

"Poet & Painter Born Here"

"ARTIST AND CARICATURIST lived in a house on this site"

"Founder of the Ordnance Survey lived here"

"Twice Prime Minister Lived Here"

"Architect lived here"

"ARGENTINE SOLDIER AND STATESMAN stayed here"

"SINGER Lived and died here"

"Author lived here"

"SITE OF SCOTLAND YARD FIRST HEADQUARTERS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE 1829–1890"

"Architect designed this house and lived here 1926–1960"

"Jazz musician and raconteur ran his club in the basement 1959–1965"

"Jamaican Nurse HEROINE OF THE CRIMEAN WAR lived here"

"Greek Ambassador Poet and Nobel laureate lived here 1957–1962"

"World Speed Record Holder lived here in flat No.6 1917–1920"

"Department Store Magnate lived here 1921–1929"

"Author of Frankenstein lived here 1846–1851"

"Poet lived here in 1811"

"Painter and Illustrator lived here"

"furniture designer lived here"

"DRAMATIST. LIVED HERE."

"dramatist and statesman lived here 1795–1802"

"Lawyer and Statesman lived here"

"BOOKSELLER and STATESMAN lived here"

"Pioneer of religious liberty lived here"

"First Chief of the Secret Service lived and worked here 1911–1922"

"Scientist Founder of the Smithsonian Institution lived here"

"Commander during the Crimean War Lived Here"

"Aviator and aircraft manufacturer lived here 1934–1940"

"Forensic Pathologist lived here 1912–1940"

"Designer in Flowers worked here 1934–1960"

"REFORMER AND INVENTOR lived here"

"First Chairman of London Transport lived here"

"Explorer and Writer lived and died here"

"Engineer Died Here"

"Pædiatrician lived here"

"Painter and Illustrator Lived Here"

"Painter and etcher lived here 1900–1921"

"Architect lived here"

"Ballet Dancer lived here in 1875–1876"

"French Statesman and Diplomatist lived here"

"Lyric Tenor lived here in flat 297 1947–1948"

"Actress lived here 1899–1902"

"Poet lived here in 1880 and 1881"

"Physicist and Inventor lived here"

"Indian Patriot and Philosopher lived here 1918–1919"

"Antiquary and Collector lived here"

"Surgeon lived here 1886–1907"

"Novelist lived here"

"Code-breaker and Pioneer of Computer Science was born here"

"Artist in Wax lived here 1838–1839"

"THE SITE OF TYBURN TREE"

"UNITED STATES EMBASSY 1863–1866 HENRY BROOKS ADAMS 1838–1918 U.S. Historian lived here"

"Eighth U.S. President lived here"

"Composer lived here from 1953 until his death"

"Commander-in-Chief at Dunkirk lived here 1920–1926"

"Hindu philosopher lived here in 1896"

"Architect and Designer lived here"

"SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 1676–1745 Prime Minister and his son HORACE WALPOLE 1717–1797 Connoisseur and Man of Letters lived here"

"Composer lived here"

"Founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission lived here 1911-1919"

"Architect lived here"

"Painter lived here 1900–1917"

"Cartoonist lived and died in a flat in this building"

"WRITER lived and died here"

"CHARLES WESLEY 1707–1788 DIVINE AND HYMN WRITER LIVED AND DIED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE AND HIS SONS CHARLES 1757–1834 & SAMUEL 1766–1837 MUSICIANS ALSO LIVED HERE"

"Sculptor lived and died here"

"Scientist and Inventor lived here"

"Archæologist lived here"

"Comic Actor lived here in Flat 62 1963–1970"

"United States Ambassador 1941–1946 lived here"

"Father of Lawn Tennis lived here"

"campaigned for women’s equality from here 1908–1915"

"Writer lived here"

"Statesman, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary lived here"

"Architect lived and died here"

"Actor-Manager lived and died here"

"MAN OF SCIENCE lived here"