List of English Heritage blue plaques in the London Borough of Camden
This is a list of the 177 English Heritage blue plaques in the London Borough of Camden.
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| Agnes Arber née Robertson (1879–1960) |
"Botanist lived here 1890–1909" | 9 Elsworthy Terrace, Primrose Hill NW3 3DR |
2018 | 
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| Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) |
"Poet and dramatist. Lived in this house for nearly 50 years" | "Bolton House", Windmill Hill Hampstead NW3 6SJ |
1900 | .jpg)
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| Dame Henrietta Barnett (1851–1936) and Samuel Barnett (1844–1913) |
"Dame Henrietta Barnett 1851–1936 Founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb and Samuel Barnett 1844–1915 Social Reformer lived here" | Heath End House, Spaniards Road Hampstead NW3 7JE |
1983 | 
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| Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) Duncan Grant 1885-1978 |
"Artists lived and worked here" | 46 Gordon Square Bloomsbury WC1H 0PD |
2023 | 
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There is also a plaque to John Maynard Keynes at this address. |
| Andrés Bello (1781–1865) |
"Poet, Jurist, Philologist and Venezuelan Patriot lived here in 1810" | 58 Grafton Way Fitzrovia W1T 5DL |
1996 | 
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| John Desmond Bernal (1901–1971) |
"Crystallographer lived and died here" | 44 Albert Street Camden NW1 7NU |
2001 | 
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| Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901) |
"Novelist and Antiquary Lived and died here" | 18 Frognal Gardens Hampstead NW3 6XA |
1925 | _Novelist_and_Antiquary_Lived_and_died_here.jpg)
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| Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984) |
"Poet lived here 1908–1917" | 31 Highgate West Hill Highgate N6 6NP |
2006 | 
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| Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925) |
"Camden Town Group Painter lived here 1900–1925" | 14 Adamson Road Belsize Park NW3 3HR |
1999 | 
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| Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) |
"Composer lived here 1929–1939" | East Heath Lodge, 1 East Heath Road Hampstead NW3 1BN |
1993 | .jpg)
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| David Bomberg (1890–1957) |
"Painter lived and worked here 1928–1934" | 10 Fordwych Road West Hampstead NW2 3TP |
1996 | 
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| Sir Adrian Boult C. H. (1889–1983) |
"Conductor lived at flat No.78 1966–1977" | 78 Marlborough Mansions, Cannon Hill West Hampstead NW6 1JT |
1998 | 
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| Henry Noel Brailsford (1873–1958) |
"Writer. Champion of equal and free humanity, lived here" | 37 Belsize Park Gardens, Belsize Park NW3 4JH |
1983 | 
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| Dennis Brain (1921–1957) |
"Horn-player lived here" | 37 Frognal Hampstead, NW3 6YD |
1995 | 
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| Vera Brittain (1893–1970) and Winifred Holtby (1898–1935) |
"Writers and reformers lived here" | 58 Doughty Street Holborn WC1N 2LS |
1995 | 
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| Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893) |
"Painter lived here" | 56 Fortess Road Kentish Town NW5 2HG |
1976 | 
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| Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) and William Morris (1834–1896) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) |
"In this house lived in 1851 Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poet and Painter and from 1856 to 1859 William Morris Poet and Artist and Sir Edward C. Burne-Jones Painter" | 17 Red Lion Square Holborn WC1R 4QH |
1911 | 
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| Richard Burton (1925–1984) |
"Actor lived here 1949–1956" | 6 Lyndhurst Road Hampstead NW3 5PX |
2011 | 
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| Frances Mary Buss (1827–1894) |
"Pioneer of Education for Women was Headmistress here 1879–1894" | Camden School for Girls, Sandall Road Kentish Town NW5 2DB |
2000 | 
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| Dame Clara Butt (1872–1937) |
"Singer lived here 1901–1929" | 7 Harley Road Swiss Cottage NW3 3BX |
1969 | 
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| William Butterfield (1814–1900) |
"Architect lived here" | 42 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3HX |
1978 | 
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| Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886) |
"Artist and Book Illustrator lived here" | 46 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury WC1B 3PA |
1977 | 
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| Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) |
"Lived here" | 33 Ampton Street King's Cross WC1X 0LT |
1907 | 
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| Henry Cavendish (1731–1810) |
"Honourable Henry Cavendish natural philosopher lived here" | 11 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3RF |
1903 | .jpg)
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Erected by The Bedford Estate at the suggestion of the London County Council and incorporated into the official London-wide plaque scheme in 1983. |
| Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) |
"Prime Minister lived here" | 21 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1T 6EL |
1965 | .jpg)
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| Sir Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) |
"Poet lived here 1854–1859" | 11 St Mark's Crescent Primrose Hill NW1 7TS |
2009 | .jpg)
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| C. R. Cockerell (1788–1863) |
"Architect and Antiquary lived and died here" | 13 Chester Terrace Regent's Park NW1 4ND |
1989 | 
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| John Constable (1776–1837) |
"Painter lived here" | 40 Well Walk Hampstead NW3 1BX |
1923 | .jpg)
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| George Cruikshank (1792–1878) |
"Artist. Lived here from 1850 to 1878" | 293 Hampstead Road Camden Town, NW1 3EA |
1885 | 
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| Richard D'Oyly Carte (1844–1901) |
"Opera Impresario and Hotelier lived here 1860–1870" | 2 Dartmouth Park Road Kentish Town NW5 1SY |
2010 | 
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| Sir Henry Dale (1875–1968) |
"Physiologist lived here" | Mount Vernon House, Mount Vernon Hampstead NW3 6QR |
1981 | 
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| George Dance the Younger (1741–1825) |
"Architect lived and died here" | 91 Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6AA |
1970 | 
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| William Daniell (1769–1837) |
"Artist and engraver of Indian scenes lived and died here" | 135 Saint Pancras Way Camden NW1 0SY |
2000 | .jpg)
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| Charles Darwin (1809–1882) |
"Naturalist Lived in a house on this site 1838–1842" | Biological Sciences Building, University College London, Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6BT |
1961 | 
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| Francisco De Miranda (1750–1816) |
"Precursor of Latin American Independence lived here 1802–1810" | 58 Grafton Way Fitzrovia W1T 5DL |
1996 | 
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| Frederick Delius (1868–1941) |
"Composer lived here 1918–1919" | 44 Belsize Park Gardens Belsize Park NW3 4LY |
1999 | 
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| David Devant (1868–1941) |
"Magician lived here in flat No.1" | Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road Belsize Park NW3 4PT |
2003 | 
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| Charles Dickens (1812–1870) |
"Novelist lived here" | 48 Doughty Street (now the Charles Dickens Museum) Holborn WC1N 2LX |
1903 | 
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| Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881) |
"Earl of Beaconsfield Born Here 1804" | 22 Theobalds Road Holborn WC1X 8NX |
1903 | 
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| George du Maurier (1834–1896) |
"Artist and writer lived here 1863–1868" | 91 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury WC1B 3PS |
1960 | 
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| George du Maurier (1834–1896) |
"Lived here 1874–1895" | New Grove House, 28 Hampstead Grove Hampstead NW3 6SP |
1900 | 
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Erected by private subscribers 1900, adopted by London County Council in 1959 |
| Sir Gerald du Maurier (1873–1934) |
"Actor-Manager lived here from 1916 until his death" | Cannon Hall, 14 Cannon Place Hampstead NW3 1EH |
1967 | .jpg)
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| Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829) |
"Site of the business premises of Thomas Earnshaw 1749–1829 noted watch and chronometer maker" | 119 High Holborn Holborn WC1V 6RD |
1948 | 
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| Sir Charles Eastlake (1793–1865) |
"Painter and First Director of the National Gallery lived here" | 7 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1T 5HL |
1985 | .jpg)
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| John Passmore Edwards (1823–1911) |
"Journalist, editor and builder of free public libraries lived here" | 51 Netherhall Gardens Hampstead NW3 5RJ |
1988 | 
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| Lord Eldon (1751–1838) |
"Lord Chancellor lived here" | 6 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3RA |
1954 | 
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| Frederich Engels (1820–1895) |
"Political Philosopher lived here 1870–1894" | 122 Regent's Park Road Primrose Hill NW1 8XL |
1972 | 
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| Fabian Society | "The site of 17 Osnaburgh Street where the Fabian Society was founded in 1884" | The White House, Osnaburgh Street Regent's Park NW1 3UP |
1985 | .jpg)
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| Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847–1929) |
"Pioneer of women's suffrage lived and died here" | 2 Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6DP |
1954 | 
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| Roger Fenton (1819–1869) |
"Photographer lived here" | 2 Albert Terrace Primrose Hill NW1 7SU |
1991 | 
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| Kathleen Ferrier (1912–1953) |
"Contralto lived here" | 97 Frognal Hampstead NW3 6XT |
1979 | .jpg)
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| Ruth First (1925–1982) and Joe Slovo (1926–1995) |
"South African Freedom Fighters lived here 1966–1978" | 13 Lyme Street Camden Town NW1 0EH |
2003 | .jpg)
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| Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890–1962) |
"Statistician and Geneticist lived here 1896–1904" | Inverforth House, North End Way Hampstead NW3 7EU |
2002 | 
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| Captain Matthew Flinders R. N. (1774–1814) |
"Explorer and navigator lived here" | 56 Fitzroy Street Fitzrovia W1T 5BU |
1961 | 
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| Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) |
"German Writer and Novelist lived here 1857–1858" | 6 St Augustine's Road Camden Town NW1 9RN |
1974 | .jpg)
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| Anna Freud (1895–1982) |
"Pioneer of Child Psychoanalysis lived here 1938–1982" | 20 Maresfield Gardens (now the Freud Museum) Hampstead NW3 5SX |
2002 | .jpg)
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| Sigmund Freud (1819–1898) |
"Founder of Psychoanalysis lived here 1938–1939" | 20 Maresfield Gardens (now the Freud Museum) Hampstead NW3 5SX |
2002 | .jpg)
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| Roger Fry (1866–1934) |
"In this house Roger Fry 1866–1934 Artist and Art Critic ran the Omega Workshops 1913–1919" | 33 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1P 6AY |
2010 | .jpg)
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| Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963) |
"Statesman lived here" | 18 Frognal Gardens Hampstead NW3 6XA |
1986 | 
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| John Galsworthy (1867–1933) |
"Novelist and playwright lived here 1918–1933" | Grove Lodge, Admiral's Walk Hampstead NW3 6RS |
1950 | 
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| Sir Harold Gillies (1882–1960) |
"Pioneer Plastic Surgeon lived here" | 71 Frognal Hampstead NW3 6XY |
1997 | .jpg)
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| E H Gombrich (1909–2001) |
"Art historian lived here" | 19 Briardale Gardens Hampstead NW3 7PN |
2015 | 
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| Spencer Frederick Gore (1878–1914) |
"Painter lived and worked here 1909–1912" | 31 Mornington Crescent Camden NW1 7RE |
2017 | 
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| Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) |
"Artist lived & died here" | 39 Frognal Hampstead NW3 6YD |
1949 | 
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| Sir Nigel Gresley (1876–1941) |
"Locomotive Engineer had his office in this station 1923–1941" | Platform 8, King's Cross station King's Cross N1 9AG |
1997 | 
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| Walter Gropius (1883–1969) Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) László Moholy-Nagy 1895–1946 |
"Pioneers of modern design at the Bauhaus lived here" | Lawn Road Flats, Hampstead, London NW3 2XD | 2018 | 
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| Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879–1967) |
"Botanist and a leader of the first women’s army corps lived in flat 93 1915–1964" | Flat 93, Bedford Court Mansions, Fitzrovia, London WC1B 3AE | 2020 | 
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| Barbara Hammond (1873–1961) and J. L. Hammond (1872–1949) |
"Social Historians lived here 1906–1913" | 'Hollycot', Vale of Health Hampstead NW3 1BB |
1972 | .jpg)
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| Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865–1922) |
"Journalist and Newspaper Proprietor lived here" | 31 Pandora Road West Hampstead NW6 1TS |
1979 | 
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| John Harrison (1693–1776) |
"Inventor of the marine chronometer lived and died in a house on this site" | Summit House, Red Lion Square Bloomsbury WC1R 4QD |
1954 | 
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| Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (Anthony Hope) (1863–1933) |
"Novelist lived here 1903–1917" | 41 Bedford Square Bloomsbury, WC1B 3HX |
1976 | 
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| John Heartfield (1891–1968) |
"Master of Political Photomontage lived here 1938–1943" | 47 Downshire Hill Hampstead NW3 1NX |
2004 | .jpg)
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| Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) |
"Theorist of Telecommunications lived here" | 123 Camden Street Camden NW1 0HX |
2022 | 
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| Jim Henson (1936–1990) |
"Creator of The Muppets lived here" | 50 Downshire Hill Hampstead NW3 1PA |
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| Robert Travers Herford (1860–1950) |
"Unitarian Minister Scholar and Interpreter of Judaism lived and worked here" | Dr Williams's Library, 14 Gordon Square Bloomsbury WC1H 0AG |
1990 | 
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| Sir Rowland Hill, K. C. B. (1795–1859) |
"Originator of the Penny Post lived here" | Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street Hampstead NW3 2QG |
1893 | 
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| Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1886) |
"Physician, Reformer and Philanthropist lived here" | 35 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3ES |
1985 | .jpg)
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| August Wilhelm Hofmann (1818–1892) |
"Professor of Chemistry lived here" | 9 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1T 5HW |
1985 | .jpg)
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| John Howard (1726–1790) |
"Prison Reformer Lived Here" | 23 Great Ormond Street Holborn WC1N 3JB |
1908 | 
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| Hugh Price Hughes (1847–1902) |
"Methodist Preacher lived and died here" | 8 Taviton Street Bloomsbury WC1H 0BX |
1989 | 
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| Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson (1900–1969) |
"Singer and Pianist lived here 1929–1967" | 31 Steele's Road Chalk Farm NW3 4RE |
2012 | 
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| Huxley family Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) Julian Huxley (1887–1975) Leonard Huxley (1860–1933) |
"Men of Science and Letters lived here" | 16 Bracknell Gardens Hampstead NW3 7EB |
1995 | 
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| Henry Mayers Hyndman (1842–1921) |
"Socialist Leader lived and died here" | 13 Well Walk Hampstead NW3 1BY |
1972 | .jpg)
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| W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) |
"Author lived here" | 15 Gloucester Gate (Albany Street frontage) Regent's Park NW1 4HG |
1998 | 
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| Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900–1996) |
"Landscape Architect lived here 1936–1984" | 19 Grove Terrace Dartmouth Park NW5 IPH |
2009 | 
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| Humphrey Jennings (1907–1950) |
"Documentary Film Maker lived here 1944–1950" | 8 Regent's Park Terrace Camden Town NW1 7EE |
2006 | 
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| Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978) |
"Ballerina lived here" | 108 Frognal Hampstead NW3 6XU |
1987 | 
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| John Keats (1795–1821) |
"Poet, lived in this house" | Keats House (formerly Wentworth Place), Keats Grove Hampstead NW3 2RR |
1896 | .jpg)
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| John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) |
"Economist lived here 1916–1946" | 46 Gordon Square Bloomsbury WC1H 0PD |
1975 | 
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This was joined by a plaque commemorating Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant in November 2023. |
| Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944) |
"SOE Agent codename ‘Madeleine’ stayed here" | 4 Taviton Street Bloomsbury WC1H 0BT |
2020 | 
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| Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898) |
"Muslim Reformer and Scholar lived here 1869–1870" | 21 Mecklenburgh Square Bloomsbury WC1N 2DT |
1997 | 
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| Constant Lambert (1905–1951) |
"Composer lived here 1947–1951" | 197 Albany Street Regent's Park NW1 4AB |
1997 | 
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| Charles Laughton (1899–1962) |
"Actor lived here 1928–1931" | 15 Percy Street Fitzrovia W1T 1DU |
1992 | 
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| D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) |
"Novelist and Poet lived here in 1915" | 1 Byron Villas, Vale of Health Hampstead NW3 1AR |
1969 | .jpg)
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| William Richard Lethaby (1857–1931) |
"Architect and first principal of this School in 1896–1911" | Central School of Arts and Crafts, Southampton Row Holborn WC1B 4AP |
1957 | 
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| William Richard Lethaby (1857–1931) |
"Architect lived here 1880–1891" | 20 Calthorpe Street Clerkenwell WC1X 0JS |
1979 | 
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| William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925) |
"Soap-maker and Philanthropist lived and died here" | Inverforth House, North End Way Hampstead NW3 7EU |
2002 | 
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| Lilian Lindsay (1871–1960) |
"The First Woman Dentist to Qualify in Britain lived here" | 23 Russell Square Bloomsbury WC1H 0XG |
2019 | .jpg)
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Plaque was originally erected at 3 Hungerford Road, Holloway, N7 9LA in Islington in 2013, but was moved to present address in 2019 due to the demolition of the Hungerford Road site. |
| George Macdonald (1824–1905) |
"Story Teller lived here 1860–1863" | 20 Albert Street Camden Town NW1 7LU |
2005 | 
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| Ramsay MacDonald (1836–1937) |
"Prime Minister lived here 1916–1925" | 9 Howitt Road Belsize Park NW3 4LT |
1963 | 
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| Dame Ida Mann (1893–1983) |
"Ophthalmologist lived here 1902–1934" | 13 Minster Road West Hampstead NW2 3SE |
2012 | 
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| Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) and John Middleton Murry (1889–1957) |
Katherine Mansfield 1888–1923 writer, and her husband John Middleton Murry 1889–1957 critic lived here | 17 East Heath Road Hampstead NW3 1AL |
1969 | .jpg)
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| William Marsden (1796–1867) |
"Surgeon Founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals lived here" | 65 Lincoln's Inn Fields Holborn WC2A 4LH |
1986 | 
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| Tobias Matthay (1858–1945) |
"Teacher and Pianist lived here" | 21 Arkwright Road Hampstead NW3 6AA |
1979 | 
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| Sir Hiram Maxim (1840–1916) |
"Inventor and engineer designed and manufactured The Maxim Gun in a workshop on these premises" | 57d Hatton Garden Holborn EC1N 8HP |
1966 | 
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| Henry Mayhew (1812–1887) |
"Founder of Punch and author of London Labour and the London Poor lived here" | 55 Albany Street Regent's Park NW1 4BT |
1953 | 
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| Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872) |
"Italian patriot lived here" | 183 Gower Street Bloomsbury NW1 2NJ |
1950 | 
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| Peter Medawar (1915–1987) |
"Pioneer of Transplantation Immunology lived here" | 25 Downshire Hill Hampstead NW3 1NT |
2014 | 
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| Lee Miller (1907–1977) and Sir Roland Penrose (1900–1984) |
"Lee Miller 1907–1977 Photographer and Sir Roland Penrose 1900–1984 Surrealist lived here" | 21 Downshire Hill Hampstead NW3 1NT |
2003 | 
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| Piet Cornelis Mondrian (1872–1944) |
"Painter lived here" | 60 Parkhill Road Hampstead NW3 2YT |
1975 | 
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| Henry Moore (1898–1986) |
"Sculptor lived and worked here 1929–1940" | 11a Parkhill Road Hampstead NW3 2YH |
2004 | 
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| Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873–1938) |
"Literary Hostess and Patron of the Arts lived here" | 10 Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6DP |
1986 | 
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| John McCormack (1884–1945) |
"Lyric Tenor lived here 1908–1913" | 24 Ferncroft Avenue Hampstead NW3 7PH |
2005 | 
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| John Nash (1752–1835) |
"Architect Designed this terrace and lived here" | 66 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury WC1B 3BN |
2013 | 
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| Paul Nash (1889–1923) |
"Artist lived in Flat 176 1914–1936" | Queen Alexandra Mansions, Bidborough Street King's Cross WC1H 9DJ |
1991 | 
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| Henry Nevinson (1856–1941) C.R.W. Nevinson (1856–1941) |
"Journalist" "Artist lived and worked here" |
4 Downside Crescent, Hampstead, London NW3 2AP |
2018 | 
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| Ben Nicholson O. M. (1894–1982) |
"Artist lived and died here" | 2B Pilgrim's Lane Hampstead NW3 1SL |
2002 | 
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| Sir William Nicholson (1872–1949) |
"Painter and Printmaker lived here 1904–1906" | 1 Pilgrim's Lane Hampstead NW3 1SJ |
2010 | .jpg)
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| Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) |
"First President of Ghana lived here 1945–47" | 60 Burghley Road Kentish Town NW5 1UN |
2005 | 
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| Helena Normanton (1882–1957) |
"Barrister and advocate for women's rights lived here 1919-1929" | 22 Mecklenburgh Square Bloomsbury WC1N 2AD |
2021 | 
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| George Orwell (1903–1950) |
"Novelist and Political Essayist lived here" | 50 Lawford Road Kentish Town NW5 2LN |
1980 | .jpg)
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| Martina Bergman-Österberg (1849–1915) |
"Pioneer of Physical Education for Women lived and worked here" | 1 Broadhurst Gardens Hampstead NW6 3QX |
1999 | .jpg)
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| Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) |
"Poet and Essayist lived here 1863–1864" | 14 Percy Street Fitzrovia W1T 1DR |
1960 | 
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| Karl Pearson (1857–1936) |
"Pioneer Statistician lived here" | 7 Well Road Hampstead NW3 1LH |
1983 | .jpg)
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| Spencer Perceval (1762–1812) |
"Prime Minister lived here" | 59–60 Lincoln's Inn Fields Holborn WC2A 3LJ |
1914 | _Prime_Minister_lived_here.jpg)
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| Sir Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) |
"Egyptologist lived here" | 5 Cannon Place Hampstead NW3 1EH |
1954 | .jpg)
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| Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983) |
"Architectural Historian lived here from 1936 until his death" | 2, Wildwood Terrace Hampstead NW3 7HT |
2007 | 
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| Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) |
"Poet lived here 1960–1961" | 3 Chalcot Square Primrose Hill NW1 8YB |
2000 | 
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| Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | "In this house the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in 1848" | 7 Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6HA |
1998 | .jpg)
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| J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) |
"Novelist, playwright and essayist lived here" | 3, The Grove Highgate N6 6JU |
1994 | 
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A local council bronze plaque to Samuel Taylor Coleridge is on the same building. |
| Arthur Rackham (1867–1939) |
"Illustrator lived here" | 16 Chalcot Gardens Belsize Park NW3 4YB |
1981 | 
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| Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974) |
"Mechanical Engineer was born here" | 13 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3RA |
2005 | 
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| Dr. José Rizal (1861–1896) |
"Writer and National Hero of the Philippines" | 37 Chalcot Crescent Belsize Park NW1 8YG |
1983 | 
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| William Roberts (1895–1980) |
"Artist lived, worked and died here 1946–1980" | 14 St Mark's Crescent Primrose Hill NW1 7TS |
2003 | .jpg)
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| Paul Robeson (1898–1976) |
"Singer and Actor lived here 1929–1930" | The Chestnuts, Branch Hill Hampstead NW3 7NA |
2002 | .jpg)
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| James Robinson (1813–1862) |
"Pioneer of Anaesthesia and Dentistry lived and worked here" | 14 Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6DP |
1991 | 
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| Sir Samuel Romilly (1757–1818) |
"Here Lived Sir Samuel Romilly Law Reformer" | 21 Russell Square Bloomsbury WC1B 4EH |
1919 | 
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Erected by The Bedford Estate |
| George Romney (1734–1802) |
"Painter lived here" | Romney's House, 5 Holly Bush Hill Hampstead NW3 6SH |
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| Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) |
"Here lived and died Christina Georgina Rossetti Poetess Born 1830:Died 1894" | 30 Torrington Square Bloomsbury WC1E 7JL |
c.1913 | 
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Erected by The Bedford Estate c1913. Adopted by Greater London Council 1974. |
| Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833) |
"Indian Scholar and Reformer lived here" | 49 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3DP |
1985 | 
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| Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) |
"Philosopher and Campaigner for Peace lived here in flat No.34 1911–1916" | 34 Russell Chambers, Bury Place Bloomsbury WC1A 2JX |
2002 | .jpg)
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| Sir John Maitland Salmond (1881–1968) |
"Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Maitland Salmond 1881–1968 RAF Commander lived here 1928–1936" | 27 Chester Terrace Regent's Park NW1 4ND |
2002 | 
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| Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) |
"Writer of Detective Stories lived here 1921–1929" | 24 Great James Street Holborn WC1N 3ES |
2000 | 
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| Tom Sayers (1826–1865) |
"Pugilist lived here" | 257 Camden High Street Camden Town NW1 7BU |
2002 | .jpg)
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| Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) |
"Architect lived here" | Admiral's House, Admiral's Walk Hampstead NW3 6RS |
1910 | 
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| Cecil Sharp (1859–1924) |
"Collector of English Folk Songs and dances lived here" | 4 Maresfield Gardens Hampstead NW3 5SU |
1985 | .jpg)
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| Sir George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) |
"Lived in this house from 1887 to 1898 "From the coffers of his genius he enriched the world" | 29 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1T 5LP |
1951 | 
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| Richard Norman Shaw (1831–1912) |
"Architect designed this house in which he lived worked and died" | 6 Ellerdale Road Hampstead NW3 6BD |
2006 | 
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| Walter Sickert (1860–1942) |
"Painter and etcher lived and worked here" | 6 Mornington Crescent Camden Town NW1 7RH |
1977 | .jpg)
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| Augustus Siebe (1788–1872) |
"Pioneer of the Diving Helmet lived and worked here" | 5 Denmark Street St Giles WC2H 8LS |
2000 | .jpg)
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| Alastair Sim (1900–1976) |
"Actor lived here 1953–1975" | 8 Frognal Gardens Hampstead NW3 6UX |
2008 | .jpg)
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| Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) |
"Poet lived here in Flat 42" | Greenhill, Hampstead High Street Hampstead NW3 5TY |
1998 | .jpg)
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| Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1653) |
"Physician Benefactor of the British Museum lived here 1695–1742" | 4 Bloomsbury Place Bloomsbury WC1A 2QA |
1965 | .jpg)
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| Sir Robert Smirke (1781–1867) |
"Architect lived here" | 81 Charlotte Street Fitzrovia W1T 4PP |
1979 | 
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| Sydney Smith (1771–1845) |
"Author and Wit lived here" | 14 Doughty Street Holborn WC1N 2PL |
1906 | 
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Plaque erected in 1905 proved faulty and was replaced in 1906.[1] |
| Alfred Stevens (1818–1875) |
"Artist lived here" | 9 Eton Villas Belsize Park NW3 5SX |
1924 | _Artist_Lived_Here.jpg)
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| Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) |
"Critic and Biographer lived here" | 51 Gordon Square Bloomsbury WC1H 0PN |
1971 | 
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| Sir John Summerson (1904–1992) |
"Architectural historian lived here from 1949 until his death" | 1 Eton Villas Chalk Farm NW1 4SX |
2012 | 
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| Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) |
"Indian poet stayed here in 1912" | 3 Villas on the Heath, Vale of Health Hampstead NW3 1BA |
1961 | .jpg)
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| R. H. Tawney (1880–1962) |
"Historian, Teacher and Political Writer lived here" | 21 Mecklenburgh Square Bloomsbury WC1N 2DT |
1980 | 
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| A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990) |
"Historian and Broadcaster lived here" | 13 St Mark's Crescent Primrose Hill NW1 7TS |
2013 | 
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| John Thelwall (1764–1834) |
"Political Orator, Writer and Elocutionist lived and worked here 1806–1813" | 40 Bedford Place, Bloomsbury WC1B 5JT | 2018 | 
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| Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) |
"Poet lived here" | 54 Delancey Street Camden Town NW1 7RY |
1983 | .jpg)
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| Sir Harry Vane (1612–1662) |
"STATESMAN LIVED HERE" | Vane House, Rosslyn Hill Hampstead NW3 5UN |
1897 | .jpg)
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| Michael Ventris (1922–1956) |
"Architect and Decipherer of Linear B script lived here" | 19 North End Hampstead NW3 7HR |
1990 | 
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| Baron Friedrich von Hügel (1852–1925) |
"Theologian lived here 1882–1903" | 4 Holford Road Hampstead NW3 1AD |
1968 | .jpg)
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| Thomas Wakley (1795–1862) |
"Reformer and founder of The Lancet" | 35 Bedford Square Bloomsbury WC1B 3ES |
1962 | 
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| Beatrice (1858–1943) and Sidney Webb (1859–1947) |
"Social Scientists and Political Reformers lived here" | 1 Netherhall Gardens Hampstead NW3 5RS |
1981 | .jpg)
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| Sir Henry Wellcome (1853–1936) |
"Pharmacist Founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation lived here" | 6 Gloucester Gate Regent's Park NW1 4HG |
1989 | 
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| Fanny Wilkinson (1855–1951) |
"Landscape gardener and designer of many open spaces in London lived and worked here 1885–1896" | 239–241 Shaftesbury Avenue Bloomsbury WC1A 1BL |
2022 | 
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| Dr. Robert Willan (1759–1812) |
"Dermatologist lived here" | 10 Bloomsbury Square Bloomsbury WC1A 2LP |
1949 | 
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| 'Father' Henry Willis (1821–1901) |
"Organ Builder lived here" | 9 Rochester Terrace Camden NW1 9JN |
1986 | .jpg)
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| Sir Henry Wood (1869–1944) |
"Musician lived here" | 4 Elsworthy Road Belsize Park NW3 3DJ |
1969 | 
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| Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) |
"Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf) 1882–1941 novelist and critic lived here 1907–1911" | 29 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1T 5LP |
1974 | .jpg)
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| Thomas Henry Wyatt (1807–1880) |
"Architect lived and died here" | 77 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury WC1B 3DA |
1957 | .jpg)
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| William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) |
"Irish poet and dramatist lived here" | 23 Fitzroy Road Primrose Hill NW1 8TP |
1957 | 
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| Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas G. C. (1902–1964) |
"Secret Agent codename 'The White Rabbit' lived here" | Queen Court, 24–28 Queen Square, Guilford Street Holborn WC1N 3BB |
2010 | 
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References[edit]
- ^ "SMITH, SYDNEY (1771–1845)". English Heritage. 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
External links[edit]
Media related to Blue plaques in the London Borough of Camden at Wikimedia Commons
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